well sweep

noun

sweep¹ (def. 29).

Origin of well sweep

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby well sweep

well-stacked, well-stocked, well-suited, well-supplied, well-supported, well sweep, well-taken, well-taught, well-tempered, well-thought-of, well-thought-out

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Example sentences from the Web for well sweep

There was no need of a pump, and at grandmother's they had a well-sweep and bucket.
A Little Girl in Old New York|Amanda Millie Douglas
Think of watering a whole wheat-field with a well-sweep and a pail!
The Ship Dwellers|Albert Bigelow Paine
I had never seen a well-sweep before, and supposed it must be far nicer than a pump.
Aunt Madge's Story|Sophie May
The water in the well was usually drawn by means of a well-sweep.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|George Francis Dow

They formed a cluster around the well-sweep; a cluster whose composition was continually changing.
Concerning Sally|William John Hopkins

British Dictionary definitions for well sweep

well sweep

noun

a device for raising buckets from and lowering them into a well, consisting of a long pivoted pole, the bucket being attached to one end by a long rope

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单词	well sweep
释义	well sweep noun sweep¹ (def. 29). Origin of well sweep First recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby well sweep well-stacked, well-stocked, well-suited, well-supplied, well-supported, well sweep, well-taken, well-taught, well-tempered, well-thought-of, well-thought-out Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for well sweep There was no need of a pump, and at grandmother's they had a well-sweep and bucket. A Little Girl in Old New York\|Amanda Millie Douglas Think of watering a whole wheat-field with a well-sweep and a pail! The Ship Dwellers\|Albert Bigelow Paine I had never seen a well-sweep before, and supposed it must be far nicer than a pump. Aunt Madge's Story\|Sophie May The water in the well was usually drawn by means of a well-sweep. Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony\|George Francis Dow They formed a cluster around the well-sweep; a cluster whose composition was continually changing. Concerning Sally\|William John Hopkins British Dictionary definitions for well sweep well sweep noun a device for raising buckets from and lowering them into a well, consisting of a long pivoted pole, the bucket being attached to one end by a long rope Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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