noria

• Substantivo que designa uma roda d'água com caçambas ou recipientes presos à sua circunferência, usada historicamente para elevar água de um curso inferior até um canal de irrigação ou a um nível mais alto.

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.

   Dispositivo de elevação de água

   • 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.