*אַפֹּוטְנִיֹּות, (putealia, or puteana) enclosures surrounding a well, protected cisterns (in Noah’s ark). Pirké d’R. El. ch. 23, expl. ib. המכסים את אמות המים וכ׳ (not והמכניסים) which cover the wells and can be opened and closed. Targ. Y. Gen. VI, 14 אַפֹּוטְנִיוּתָא (נְיָיתָא …?). Tosef. Erub. XI (VIII), 7 כלי אפוטני (ed. Zuck. אב׳ כלים, in oth. ed. omitted) tools for unlocking the puteal.