撥はね釣瓶つるべ

noun

shadoof; well sweep; counterweighted water bucket

A traditional device for drawing water from a well, consisting of a bucket suspended from a long pivoting rod with a counterweight. The term is specific to Japanese well technology and may be unfamiliar to modern speakers.

• 昔むかしの井い戸どには撥はね釣瓶つるべがよく使つかわれていた。

  In old wells, a shadoof was often used.

• 撥はね釣瓶つるべの仕し組くみを博はく物ぶつ館かんで見みた。

  I saw the mechanism of a well sweep at the museum.