steamboating
Traveling by paddlewheeler
Steamboating refers to travel or transportation by steamboat, or the era and culture surrounding it: Steamboating on the Mississippi was at its peak before the Civil War.
In some card games, steamboating means drawing and playing cards in rapid succession without pausing.
The term can also describe moving forcefully through opposition, like a steamboat pushing through water: He went steamboating through the defensive line.
Water-heating vessel
- smokestackIndustrial exhaust column
- pilothouseEnclosed ship steering station
- deckhandShip's manual laborer
- hullOuter covering or frame
cabin · gangplank · calliope · boatswain · steamship · riverboat · packet · showboat
Rear-paddle propelled vessel
- sidewheelerBoat propelled by side-mounted wheels
- paddlewheelRotating blades propelling vessels
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- waterwheelRiver-powered rotating mechanism
blades · spokes · churning · splashing · rotation · mechanism · drive · thrust
Southern state or major river
- MissouriMidwestern state, major river
- OhioMidwestern state, major river
- currentDirected flow of charge
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
tributary · snag · sandbar · channel · levee · landing · bend · reach
Edge of settlement
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- discoveryAct of finding something
territory · navigate · chart · Sacagawea · trailblazing · pathfinder · westward · upstream
Longing for the past
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- VictorianOf a prim era
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- restorationReturning something to condition
preservation · memorabilia · bygone · classic · museum · historical · Natchez · piloting
boiler
Water-heating vessel
- smokestackIndustrial exhaust column
- pilothouseEnclosed ship steering station
- deckhandShip's manual laborer
hull · cabin · gangplank · calliope · boatswain · steamship · riverboat · packet · showboat · flatboat
sternwheeler
Rear-paddle propelled vessel
- sidewheelerBoat propelled by side-mounted wheels
- paddlewheelRotating blades propelling vessels
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
waterwheel · blades · spokes · churning · splashing · rotation · mechanism · drive · thrust · wake
Mississippi
Southern state or major river
- MissouriMidwestern state, major river
- OhioMidwestern state, major river
- currentDirected flow of charge
confluence · tributary · snag · sandbar · channel · levee · landing · bend · reach · towhead
frontier
Edge of settlement
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
discovery · territory · navigate · chart · Sacagawea · trailblazing · pathfinder · westward · upstream · keelboat
nostalgia
Longing for the past
restoration · preservation · memorabilia · bygone · classic · museum · historical · Natchez · piloting · gilded
cargo
Transported goods
wharf · dock · port · landing · trade · shipping · logistics · stevedore · manifest · tonnage