noria

American  

[nawr-ee-uh, nohr-] / ˈnɔr i ə, ˈnoʊr- /

noun

1. a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.

---

noria British  

/ ˈnɔːrɪə /

noun

1. a water wheel with buckets attached to its rim for raising water from a stream into irrigation canals: common in Spain and the Orient

---

Etymology

Origin of noria

1785–95; < Spanish < Arabic nāʿūra

Example Sentences

They are irrigated by means of the native alakati, or noria, or more often by air-motors, which in this locality are much in vogue.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William

In the mean time we got together all the spare ropes in the village, including one from the noria, and at eight o'clock the next morning we set out.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.

The bean blossoms made sweet savour in our nostrils, and the gentle swish of falling water from the noria in an adjacent field gave a refreshing suggestion of coolness.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

Leaving the Man at work, I crossed to where in the raised noria, a dozen yards beyond the white highroad, a blindfold mule was patiently at work.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

The evening glow was on the hills when we left the watercourses and followed a track that led between fields of full-bearded rye dotted with blood-red poppies towards a picturesque white-walled noria.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart