shadoof

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.

A contrivance extensively employed in Egypt and the East generally for raising water.

A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.

A device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it.