sha·doof also sha·duf (shä-d f )n. A device consisting of a long suspended pole weighted at one end and having a bucket at the other end, used in the Near East and especially Egypt for raising water, as for the irrigation of land. [Arabic   d f.] |
shadoof, shaduf [ʃəˈduːf]
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a mechanism for raising water, consisting of a pivoted pole with a bucket at one end and a counterweight at the other, esp as used in Egypt and the Near East
[from Egyptian Arabic]
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