Shadoof

Quick meaning: Shadoof is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

The waters intended for irrigating lands situated on the sides of the hills and at the bottom of a valley, are first raised to the top by a balance called deloo, or shadoof.

The Egyptian fellaheen, in many of their ways and customs, reproduce almost exactly their ancient prototypes. They use the same ploughs and the same shadoofs for raising water.

Now and again you can hear a shrill screeching sound from the bank, produced by sakhiehs and shadoofs, this last being similar to the water-raising "crane" pump we have in the Ukraine.

It was the time of low Nile when all the land is baked like a crust of bread, when the creaking of the shadoofs and the singing croak of the sakkia are heard the night long like untiring crickets with throats of frogs.

Word Forms

• shadoofs
• shadouf
• shaduf

Synonyms for shadoof

Depending on context, synonyms include counterpoise-lift, dhenkli, picota, swape, sweep.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swape, bail, sweep, shoe, shode, shock.

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