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shadoofnoun
A device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it.
Etymology: شادوف.
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Shadoof
A shadoof or shaduf (from the Arabic word شادوف, šādūf) is an irrigation tool. It is highly efficient, and has been known since 3000 BCE. The sweep is used to lift water from a water source onto land or into another waterway or basin. The mechanism comprises a long counterbalanced pole on a pivot, with a bucket attached to the end of it. It is generally used in a crop irrigation system using basins, dikes, ditches, walls, canals, and similar waterways.
Webster Dictionary
Shadoofnoun
a machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation
Etymology: [Ar. shdf.]
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Shadoof
A shaduf is an irrigation tool. A less common English translation is swape and commonly called a well pole, well sweep or simply a sweep in the United States. The shadoof was originally developed in Ancient Egypt, and appears on a Sargonid seal of c.2000 BC. It is still used in many areas of Africa and Asia to draw water.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shadoof
sha-dōōf′, n. a contrivance for raising water by means of a long rod pivoted near one end, the shorter arm weighted to act as the counterpoise of a lever, the longer carrying a bucket which is lowered into the water—much used on the Nile for irrigation purposes.—Also Shaduf′. [Ar. shādūf.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shadoof in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shadoof in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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