The Collaborative International Dictionary
Side-wheel
Side-wheel \Side"-wheel`\, a. Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
Wiktionary
side-wheel
a. Having a paddle wheel on each side; said of steam vessels.
Usage examples of "side-wheel".
At 569 tons, Charleston was a side-wheel steamer with a length of 201 feet and a 24-foot beam and was propelled by two walking-beam engines fired by two boilers and a smaller auxiliary.