vertical:ensure that the skirting is straight and plumb Cricket (of the wicket) level; true.
1 informal exactly:trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central Europe [as submodifier] North American extremely or completely:they must both be plumb crazy
2 archaic vertically:drapery fell from their human forms plumb down
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Universal
a ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.
1measure (the depth of a body of water): I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down [no object, with adverbial] (of water) be of a specified depth:at its deepest the lake scarcely plumbed seven feet explore or experience fully or to extremes:she had plumbed the depths of depravity
2test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical: they are valuable aids in plumbing the frames and keeping the side of the ship fair