Shadoof

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shadoof \Sha*doof"\ (sh[.a]*d[=oo]f"), n. [Ar. sh[=a]d[=u]f.]
     A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising
     water from the Nile for irrigation.
     [1913 Webster]