propellableadj.
/prəˈpɛləbl/, U.S. /prəˈpɛləb(ə)l/, /proʊˈpɛləb(ə)l/ That can be propelled.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > [adjective] > propulsive > capable of being propelled
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1843 Times 24 May 8/2 A ship safer in bad weather..than a craft only propellable when the wind pleases to blow.
1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 31 Aug. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 116 Some of these barges are calculated to be drawn by horses, in the manner of canal-boats; others are propellable by oars.
1905 Times 21 Dec. 14/2 I shall believe in a balloon dirigible and propellable by motor when I see one.
1993 Guardian (Nexis) 17 July 50 Coracle propellable by trained otters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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