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Definition of Shadoof
1. n. A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
Definition of Shadoof
1. Noun. A device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shadoof
1. a device used in Egypt for raising water for irrigation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadoof
Literary usage of Shadoof
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Kedivé by Foster Barham Zincke (1871)
"THE shadoof. He shall pour the water out of his buckets. ... It is so with
everything Egyptian ; and so, of course, with the shadoof, the machine used in ..."
2. History of Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson (1881)
"Use of the shadoof. Hydraulic Works of the Fayoum. Cultivation of the Olive.
Cultivation of the Vint, Care of Cattle. ..."
3. The Boy Travellers in the Far East: Part Fourth, Adventures of Two Youths in by Thomas Wallace Knox (1905)
""The simplest form of shadoof," said the Doctor, "is the one you are looking at.
... Water is lifted from six to eight feet by the shadoof. ..."
4. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"Q. Modern shadoof, or pole and bucket, used for raising water, in Upper and Lower
Egypt. ... shadoof ..."
5. An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Written in by Edward William Lane (1871)
"The most common of these machines is the " shadoof," which consists of two posts
or pillars of wood, or of mud and canes or rushes, about five feet in ..."
6. An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians: Written in by Edward William Lane (1871)
"The most common of these machines is the " shadoof," which consists of two posts
or pillars of wood, or of mud and canes or rushes, about five feet in ..."
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