sternwheeler

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sternwheeler

noun sternwheelers

A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern Williams's steamboat crossed paths with a boat that was at the start of its voyage upstream, a long, boxy sternwheeler with a funnel and pilothouse on its top deck.

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@misc{sternwheeler_2026,
  title = {sternwheeler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sternwheeler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}