noria Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel

WordNet

No"ri*a noun
Etymology
Sp., from Ar. na'ra.
Definitions
  1. A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.

Webster 1913