stern-wheel

[ sturn-hweel, -weel ]

/ ˈstɜrnˌʰwil, -ˌwil /

propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.

Origin of stern-wheel

First recorded in 1855–60

I could only hear the heavy splashing thump of the stern-wheel and the patter of these things.

Heart of Darkness |Joseph Conrad
The stern-wheel steamer Victor, well found, staunch and newly painted.

Captain Scraggs |Peter B. Kyne
Oh, yes, I see; and he set me down in his mind as a stern-wheel politician.

The White Rose of Memphis |William C. Falkner
She was a stern-wheel boat, 130 feet long, and 22 feet beam.

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi |George Byron Merrick

On the river they have a stern-wheel steamer, the Antonio Lopez, and a number of steel-lighters for carrying down tobacco.

The Inhabitants of the Philippines |Frederic H. Sawyer