noria
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of noria
1785–95; < Spanish < Arabic nāʿūra
Example Sentences
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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
The first morning one or two hundred Indians at work at the noria came up in a body to look at them.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
That hauling machines of some complexity, Archimedian screws and a kind of noria, were used by the Romans for dewatering mines has been known for some time.
From Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later by Multhauf, Robert P.
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 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
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