noria
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of noria
1785–95; < Spanish < Arabic nāʿūra
Example Sentences
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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.
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
And, finally, the great labour of the watering: the traditional noria, turned by a little bull with bandaged eyes and, above all, the shaduf, worked by men whose naked bodies stream with the cold water.
From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by Baines, William Peter
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
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
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