noria

noun /ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/

1. A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.

2. Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.

   The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.

Where it comes from

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry noria (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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