swape

English

Noun

swape (plural swapes)

1. A bar or pole used as a lever, swivel handle e.g. on the end of a shaft.
2. A steering oar use by Tyne keelmen.
3. A kind of mechanical scoop for water.
4. A sconce for holding a light.

Synonyms

• (lever): lever
• (water scoop): shadoof

Translations

kind of mechanical scoop

• Finnish: vinttikaivo (fi)
• Galician: cambón (gl) m, bimbastro (gl) m
• German: Brunnenschwengel m, Schöpfschwengel m, Schwingbaum (de) m
• Malayalam: ഏത്തം (ml) (ēttaṁ), ത്ലാവ് (tlāvŭ)

Verb

swape (third-person singular simple present swapes, present participle swaping, simple past and past participle swaped)

1. To sweep.
2. To place aslant.