Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound. · To attach to a water supply and drain. · To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of. · To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line. · Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.
A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction. · A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water. · The perpendicular direction or position.
In a vertical direction; perpendicularly. · Squarely, directly; deeply, completely.
From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
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