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Meanings of shadoof in English
Usage of shadoof in English
1
Still the shadoof-man sings his ancient song, violent and pathetic, bold as the burning sun-rays.
2
River, green plains, yellow plains, pink, brown, steel-grey, or pale-yellow mountains, wail of shadoof, wail of sakieh.
3
A shadoof, such as may be seen on the Nile, serves to draw water to irrigate the gardens.
4
The shadoof is used on small farms, and the sakieh is more often used for larger farms and plantations.
5
More temples, and many sakkeyehs (no shadoofs here, on the Upper Nile) but few boats.
6
And aren't the sakkiyehs more interesting than the shadoofs, which they use mostly when the river is low?