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单词 well bucket
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well bucketn.

Brit. /ˈwɛl bʌkɪt/, U.S. /ˈwɛl ˌbəkət/
Forms: see well n.1 and bucket n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well n.1, bucket n.1
Etymology: < well n.1 + bucket n.1
A bucket used to draw water from a well by means of a rope and pulley or a windlass.Sometimes one of a pair of buckets on either end of a rope, arranged so that the empty one may be lowered while the filled one is raised.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water
well bucket1477
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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
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1477–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 82 Ffor a welbokette to harry Williamsons well, and for byndynge of the same, iij s ij d.
1544 Inventory in Surrey Archæol. Coll. (1880) VII. 240 Itm a Well Bukket wt a rope & a Cheyne, xijd.
1580 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 117 For makinge a tyrret and a rynge of yron to the masons well buckett, 10 d.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 296/2 He beareth Argent, a Bucket, Sable, the Handle and Hoops, Or. This is termed for distinction, a Well Bucket.
1695 J. Dryden tr. R. de Piles in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 120 The Muscles..are so many Well-buckets; when one of them acts and draws, 'tis necessary that the other must obey.
1709 Brit. Apollo 13–15 Apr. You like two Well-Buckets Appear, Which always must clash when they're near.
1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 389 Stops, small well-buckets.
1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 Sept. 668 I saw a large well-bucket, and all the chains and wheels belonging to such a concern.
1895 Leavenworth (Kansas) Herald 9 Mar. In the winter of 1872 their well bucket froze tight in their well twelve feet below the surface.
1962 M. Montgomery Wandering of Desire i. 35 When they had each tilted the well bucket and drunk some of the fresh water,..they walked around the house to Doc's car.
2002 B. Boyd Stepdaddy xv. 214 Billy Joe pointed to the well bucket, and when the woman did not move, he grabbed it from the edge of the well, unhooked the rope and dropped it until he heard a splash.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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