plumb

In a sentence

Three example sentences with plumb, each labelled with its topic.

• The mason hung a plumb from the scaffold and shifted each brick until the cord fell dead vertical.

  Architecture

• Egyptian builders steadied a weighted plumb on a length of cord to prove a wall rose exactly upright.

  History

• Portrait painters sometimes dangle a plumb at arm's length to check whether a shoulder truly sits above the hip.

  Art

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