paddle wheel in English

noun
1
a large steam-driven wheel with boards around its circumference, situated at the stern or side of a ship so as to propel the ship through the water by its rotation.
With a paddle wheel on each side of the ship, it was found far more convenient in terms of visibility to command the ship from a bridge across the driving machinery between the two wheels.

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1. 10 This was tested using a riverboat equipped with a caterpillar paddle wheel (see figure).