cistern
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Further samples in the coming months will determine if the cistern dates back to the same period as the roundhouses.
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026
Water to fight fires from a pool or from rainwater stored in tanks or a cistern.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Near the village of Jaun, a construction crew was laying pipes to deliver electricity and water from a new cistern to six local farms.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
Boys navigate the terrain on donkeys — water is drawn from a cistern, and grain is stored in a cave, where women and girls light cooking fires and talk about makeup and strangers who visit.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023
There was no need to use the basin downstairs, for she could just as easily wash, as she always had, from the cistern tap.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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