/ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/, /ˈnɔɹ.i.ə/
OriginFrom Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
- A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
- 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.”
Formsnorias(plural)