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Though their appearance is quite different, the function and symbolic meaning of a water- bouget and a bucket are similar. A water-bouget is a bag made from the skin of a goat or sheep that was used for carrying water on military expeditions. The apparatus looks like a yoke with two large bags hanging down from it and a stick that goes through both attachments to form handles on either side. The drawing evolved over time and its latest form is more symbolic than realistically drawn. Water-bougets and buckets were conferred on those who had supplied water to an army or a besieged place. The bucket is merely the more modern way of transporting water. The common well bucket is usually the type born in arms, but they can also be hooped or have feet. They are also sometimes blazoned dossers, a term that indicates two buckets hooked to a loop and carried over the back of a pack animal.

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