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.

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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

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Etymology

Origin of noria

1785–95; < Spanish < Arabic nāʿūra

Example Sentences

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noria

The lifting buckets of the noria class, Figs.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various

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 William Bevan

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 William Peter Baines

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 Mary Stuart Boyd

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 John L. Stephens