noria
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Definition of noria
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
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noun
- A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
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Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
“The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.”
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Etymology
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
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