n. 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
Egyptians used the shaduf to irrigate high lying farmland.
Egyptians used the shaduf to irrigate high lying farmland.
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