noria UK /ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/US /ˈnɔɹ.i.ə/ noun2 •A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water. •Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet. — 1901 formsnorias