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noun
A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
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noun
a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: waterwheel, water wheel
History
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Across languages
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