noria

• Nom désignant une roue hydraulique munie de godets ou de récipients fixés à sa périphérie, utilisée historiquement pour élever l'eau d'une source basse vers un canal d'irrigation ou à un niveau supérieur.

A noun referring to a water wheel equipped with buckets or containers attached to its rim, historically used to lift water from a lower source to an irrigation channel or higher elevation.

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   A water wheel with buckets attached to its rim, used to raise water from a lower source to a higher channel for irrigation.

   Noria (machine hydraulique)

   • The ancient noria still operates in the village, lifting water from the river.
   • Farmers relied on the noria to irrigate their fields before modern pumps.
   • The noria's wooden buckets creaked as they dipped into the stream.