Also means
dipping pail
Usage Note
Schöpfeimer combines schöpfen (to scoop) with Eimer (bucket); it names a pail used to draw or bail water. Masculine -er compounds like this keep the same form in the plural.
Examples
"Mit dem Schöpfeimer holte er Wasser aus dem Brunnen."
Natural Translation
With the bailing bucket he fetched water from the well.
Literal Translation
With the scoop-bucket fetched he water from the well.
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