Two large beams projecting over the sides of a steamer, between which the paddle-wheels revolve. (See sponson.)
·vi ·see Paddle staff (b), below. II. Paddle ·vt To pat or stroke amorously, or gently. III. Paddl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to tipple. Exm. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A kind of oar, used by the natives of India, Africa, America, and by most savages; it is shorter and...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Strong transverse pieces of timber stretching across the ship from one side to the other, to support...
A name of the paddle or lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus). ...
The frame of wood which encircles the upper part of the paddle-wheel. ...
The stout iron axis carrying the paddle-wheels, which revolves with them when keyed. ...
A steam-ship propelled through the water by paddle-wheels. ...
The wheels on each side of a steamer, suspended externally by a shaft, and driven by steam, to prope...
Beams introduced at the break of a deck, or any sudden termination of planking. ...
Those beams at the fore-part of the quarter-deck, and the after-part of the forecastle, in those ves...
See beams. ...
Short or half beams to support the deck where there is no framing, as in the intervention of hatchwa...
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. In a man-of-war they support the orlop-deck. (See orlop-...
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.) ...
See bomb-beds, &c. ...
, or hold-beams. Those which support the orlop-deck, but are chiefly intended to fortify the hold....
Raised stanchions in men-of-war over the main-deck, parallel to the quarter-deck and forecastle beam...
Boats made to fit the paddle-box rim, stowed bottom upwards on each box. ...
The beams which support the bomb-bed in bomb-vessels. ...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...
Curved pieces of timber, serving as half-beams, to support the decks, where a whole one cannot be pl...