OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34096

shadoof

/ʃəˈduːf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cigoñal • cigüeñal
An ancient device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it.
The shadoof can be traced back 5,400 years, or to about 3500 B. C., and the indications are that it was considered an ancient device even at that remote time. It is much like the o…
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