Shaduf, hand-operated tool for lifting water used to irrigate plants through raising water from a well or different water source and directing it to the fields.Typically it consists of a lengthy , tapering, almost horizontal pole installed like a seesaw.Shaduf invented in ancient times and still used in India, Egypt, and a few different nations to irrigate land.The ancient Egyptians used it to help flow water from the canal to the fields.To raise water to higher levels, a chain of shadufs are sometimes installed one above the otherA skin or bucket is held on a rope from the lengthy end, and a counterweight is held on the short end.The bucket might be lowered into the canal and filled with water.