| 单词 | swape-well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswape-well 3. A long pole supported on a fulcrum and carrying a bucket for raising water; also, a pump-handle: = sweep n. 24. Also in combination, as swape-well (for other combinations see Eng. Dial. Dict.). 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 1773 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 179 A pump..whose handle (or swape, as it is called hereabout [sc. Ripley, Yorks.]) is all of iron, very thick and long. 1890 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 10 240/1 Dwellers in the Eastern Counties may be credited with knowing what a swape-well is... A swape-well is a well from which the water is raised by a loaded lever. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 369 I remember the two Roxby ‘Swape-wells’..the woman pulling down the swape by the chain. < as lemmas |
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