acequia

[ uh-sey-kyuh; Spanish ah-se-kyah ]

/ əˈseɪ kyə; Spanish ɑˈsɛ kyɑ /

an irrigation ditch.

Origin of acequia

1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish < Arabic al-sāqiyah the irrigation ditch

I shall walk up the acequia to the rock I am going to blast.

Lone Pine |R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend
Circling the camp at wide distance, he had crossed the acequia and reached the Gila road.

A Wounded Name |Charles King
He had laughed at the orisons offered up by the Santiago people before blasting the acequia; he did not laugh at hers.

Lone Pine |R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend
Then came the sidewalk, and the acequia (ditch), then a row of young cottonwood trees, then the parade ground.

Vanished Arizona |Martha Summerhayes

The Acequia Court is one of the most beautiful of the patios in the buildings comprising the Alhambra.

Old Continental Towns |Walter M. Gallichan