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ˈwell-ˌbucket
[well n.1 3.]
A bucket used to draw water from a well by means of a rope and pulley or windlass.
Often in pairs, one on each end of a rope, so arranged that the empty bucket descends while the filled one is raised.
1477–9Rec. St. Mary at Hill 82 For a welbokette to harry Williamsons well, and for byndynge of the same, iij s. ij d. 1544Inv. in Surrey Archæol. Collect. VII. 240 Itm a Well Bukket wt a rope & a Cheyne, xijd. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 296/2 He beareth Argent, a Bucket, Sable, the Handle and Hoops, Or. This is termed for distinction, a Well Bucket. 1695Dryden Dufresnoy's Art Paint., Observ. 120 The Muscles..are so many Well-buckets; when one of them acts and draws, 'tis necessary that the other must obey. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 6. 3/1 You like two Well-Buckets Appear, Which always must clash when they're near. 1823Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) I. 326, I saw a large well-bucket, and all the chains and wheels belonging to such a concern. |