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A device consisting of a long suspended pole weighted at one end and having a bucket at the other end, used in the Near East and especially Egypt for raising water, as for the irrigation of land.
noun - a device used in Egypt for raising water for irrigation
SHADOOF - A shadoof or shaduf (an Arabic word, , df) is an irrigation tool. A less common English translation is swape and it is also called a counterpoise lif...
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Food has gone off, but it'll help to make water available |
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May 20 2004 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
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A shadoof or shaduf (an Arabic word, , df) is an irrigation tool. A less common English translation is swape and it is also called a counterpoise lift, well pole, well sweep, or simply a swep in the US. The shadoof was an early tool used in irrigation by the ancient Egyptians who lived along the Nile River and by the Mesopotamians. Irrigation is a way of watering crops using basins, dikes, ditches, walls, canals, and waterways. The shadoof was used to lift water from a river or lake onto land or into another river or lake. It looks like a long pole with a bucket attached to the end of it. It is still used in many areas of Africa and Asia and very common in rural areas of India such as in the Bhojpuri belt of the Ganges plain where it is named "dhenki". They remain common in Hungary's Great Plain, where they are known as "gémeskút" (literally, "heron wells") and are considered a symbol of the region. It was also known by the Ancient Greek name kln () or klneion (); this term () is also |