paddle box

English

Noun

paddle box (plural paddle boxes)

1. (nautical) An enclosed structure around a paddlewheel.
   • 1939 June, G. W. Tripp, “The Modern Railway Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 397:

     As these [paddle] steamers have not the usual paddle boxes with vents, they look like modern screw steamers, and their good looks are improved by their two masts.

Synonyms

• wheelhouse

Translations

structure around paddlewheel

• Finnish: siipirattaan suojus

References

• “paddle-box”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.