shadoof

Pronunciation: /ʃəˈduːf/

The English word “shadoof” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A device used since ancient times in the Middle East to raise water from a well or other low point, consisting of a pivoted rod with a bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other.

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شادوف (šadūf); see further at that entry.

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