单词 | side-wheeler |
释义 | side-wheelern. U.S. 1. A steamboat propelled by two paddle wheels, one on either side. Cf. side wheel n. 2, sternwheeler n. at stern-wheel n. Derivatives. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by paddles > paddle-steamer > types of side wheel1826 side-wheeler1857 sternwheeler1859 1857 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 7 Aug. The screw steamers are carrying the day against the side-wheelers, and New York is just awaking to the fact that a large portion of her commerce is going into the hands of the English firms. 1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 514/1 Such boats as they are!—side-wheelers and stern-wheelers. 1962 Business Hist. Rev. 36 476 The old sidewheelers had their romance as well, racing each other on the Hudson in a roil of thrashing waters and pounding engines. 2004 A. I. Kane Western River Steamboat 111 On side-wheelers, guards typically added 50–75 percent of breadth, depending on the width of the paddle wheels. 2. colloquial. A horse with a lateral gait in which the fore and hind legs on one side move in unison, alternating with those on the other; = pacer n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > gait resembling amble or rack > horse having pacera1661 side-wheeler1879 single-footer1890 trippler1909 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > gait resembling amble or rack > horse having > with rolling gait side-wheeler1879 1879 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 18 Aug. 3/1 The great quartette of side-wheelers, Sleepy Tom, Mattie Hunter, Lucy, and Rowdy Boy, will appear on the track Sept. 12. 1894 Manitoba Free Press 5 May 10/3 The jealously of the owners of the trotting horse, who were being constantly annoyed by the breaking of the records by the ‘side-wheeler’. 1953 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Aug. b15/2 Mac Hayman [will]..handle the speedy sidewheeler in her three stake engagements at the Ocean Downs Raceway. 2009 K. A. Rinker Chicago's Horse Racing Venues iv. 83 The dark chestnut side-wheeler was one of the top horses ever to compete over Windy City ovals. 3. Baseball. Originally: a left-handed pitcher. Later chiefly: a sidearm pitcher. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > pitcher pitcher1845 relief pitcher1884 southpaw1887 side-wheeler1890 moundsman1906 pretzel bender1908 starter1911 sidewinder1913 low-ball pitcher1915 fastballer1924 route-goer1924 reliever1925 hurler1926 fireballer1928 spitballer1928 screwballer1929 stopper1948 closer1980 middleman1985 1890 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 15 Mar. 4/6 He thinks Mac has a good team and says he would like to see them when they run up against a ‘side wheeler’ [sc. O. B. France]. 1900 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 20 June If nature had put the science and strength into Breitenstein's right wing instead of in his left he would today be one of the twirling wonders of the profession. ‘Breit’, however, is a side wheeler. 1911 Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide 277 Redfern, side-wheeler, with Flowers, McFarlin and Reis with the other end up, made the pitching department a clever one. 1948 Times Digest (Richmond, Va.) 15 Mar. 17/4 The lanky Cincinnati Reds' sidewheeler has added a new pitch to his repertoire. 2014 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 29 Apr. b1 Gennett's single scored another run and veteran sidewheeler Pat Neshek relieved to fan Lucroy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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