shaduf
/ʃəˈduːf/
noun
- A simple machine used for lifting water, consisting of a long pole balanced on a pivot, with a bucket at one end and a counterweight at the other, used especially in ancient Egypt and other dry regions.
- Farmers along the Nile used a shaduf to lift water from the river to irrigate their fields.
- In the museum, there was a model of a shaduf showing how it worked thousands of years ago.
- The shaduf is one of the oldest known tools for moving water.