Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Shadoff or Shadoof.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Shadoff or Shadoof.

A contrivance in Egypt for watering lands for the summer crops. It consists of a long rod weighted at one end, so as to raise the bucket attached by a rope to the other end.	1

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