Definition of "norias" [norias]

• Plural form of noria. (noun)

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• "…Norias later became more widespread during the Muslim Agricultural Revolution and were in large-scale use in the medieval Islamic world,2 where Muslim engineers made a number of improvements to the noria."
• "On these arid plains water is generally encountered in the subsoil in wells of not extreme depths, and these _norias_, as the well and windlass are termed, are seen in many places."
• "The modern town is without interest, the main curiosity of the place being the norias used for watering the gardens."