Stern-wheeler

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stern-wheeler \Stern"-wheel`er\, n.
     A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
     [Colloq. U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sternwheeler
       n : a paddle steamer having the paddle wheel in the stern