The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stern-wheel
Stern-wheel \Stern"-wheel`\, a. Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
Usage examples of "stern-wheel".
That night, the stern-wheeled tub, the Amenhotep, lurched like a turtle on its back into the sands by Beni Hassan.
But the little stern-wheel steamboat, Moccasin Blossom, carried some local freight and passengers every other day, and this turned out to be one of those days.