| 单词 | well-pole |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell-pole well-pole n. (a) = well sweep n.; (b) a pole with a hook at one end to which a well bucket can be attached. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water well bucket1477 flail?a1500 kettle-mill1570 scoop1580 water engine1611 chain-pumpa1618 cochlea1648 water-screw1648 engine1652 bucket-fountain1663 chain1682 noria1696 tub-engine1702 tub-gin1702 well-pole1727 screw engine1729 rag1747 rag pump1747 swape1773 picotah1780 water balance1800 ram1801 well sweep1818 shadoof1836 hydraulic belt1856 water carrier1875 bailer1883 trip-bucket1926 society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water > parts of tumbril?c1475 sucker1686 well-pole1727 gabbards1808 start post1870 1727 J. Allin Thunder & Earthquake 15 A Well-Pole shivered, the Iron Hoop of the Bucket in part melted. 1826 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. Longfellow (1886) I. 86 There is so little..to remind one that he is out of town: no corn-fields..no slab~fences: no well-poles. 1837 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. in Egypt, Arabia Petræa & Holy Land vi. 101 I continually saw the Arabs..drawing water to irrigate the ground, in a basket fastened to a pole, like one of our oldfashioned well-poles. 1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Well-pole, a pole having at the end a hook, with which the bucket is lowered into the well for the purpose of bringing up water. 1960 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 3 74 The wide horizons shimmering in the heat of summer with unreal outlines, the crossed well-poles like slanting T's. 2003 F. G. Meijer Dutch & Flemish Still-life Paintings 166/2 Behind the cod is a basket of mixed fish, an iron-bound wooden bucket and, propped against the side of the table, a well-pole. < as lemmas |
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