Definition of "well-bucket" [well-bucket]

• A vessel for drawing up water from a well: often used in pairs, one ascending while the other descends. It is usually of wood, and barrel-shaped; in some parts of Europe copper vessels are used. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I can't see how you could not notice that a well-bucket you use every day had been overtaken by a morning glory vine."
• "By the time this cautious search is over, a stout ironbound bucket, precisely like a well-bucket, has been attached to one end of the whip; while the other end, being stretched across the deck, is there held by two or three alert hands."
• "He drops the well-bucket down the stone-sided well, holding to the rope, letting the heavy oak and iron splinter the surface ice."