| A shadoof, such as may be seen on the Nile, serves to draw water to irrigate the gardens. |
| The principle of the lever was used in the swape, or shadoof, a long lever pivoted near one end with a platform or water container hanging from the short arm and counterweights attached to the long arm. |
| The men working at the 21 shadoof on the river brink have only a strip of cloth around their loins. |
| Here we began to see small herds of brown buffaloes, and peasants plying the irrigating buckets of the shadoof. |
| The water raised by the shadoof is commonly used for irrigation. |
| Drawing water with the aid of the shadoof is said to be very hard work, especially in so hot a country as Egypt. |
