noun
well bucket
A bucket used for drawing water from a well, often attached to a rope or pole.
昔の井戸には釣瓶がついていた。
Old wells had a well bucket attached.
Compound of 釣る (tsuru, 'to fish, to hang') and 瓶 (he > be, 'jar, bottle, pot'). The reading つるべ is a rendaku form of つるへ.