century-deep

Updated: May 28, 2025

Water was freely granted, from the sebil, or public fountain an ancient tank with century-deep grooves cut in its solid stone rim by innumerable camel-hair ropes. The flying men put down a hose, threw the switch of the electric pump, and in a few minutes half emptied the fountain. The astonishment of the villagers passed all bounds. "Old Abd el Rahman is our prisoner in the flying ship above.

George Allan England - The Flying Legion