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

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

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

Irrigation by the noria, or water-wheel To face 334 A vineyard at Jerez 336 Great Bustards 337 and 340 Little Bustards—May 345 xxxix.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

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 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.