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Definition of Plumb rule
1. Noun. A plumb line attached to a narrow board.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumb Rule
Literary usage of Plumb rule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"To save the trouble of keeping the plumb-rule and level constantly in his hands
and yet ensure correct work, the bricklayer, on clearing the footings of a ..."
2. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1842)
"THE plumb rule [sa ... but if very heavy, from all the four sides; then try the
plumb rule upon one side, and if the thread coincides with the line, ..."
3. Practical Centring: Treating of the Practice of Centring Arches in Building by Owen Bernard Maginnis (1887)
"HOW TO MAKE A DIMINISHING plumb rule. -Scale THERE is so little to be said ...
The plumb rule which carpenters and masons usually carry and employ is only ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The tools and implements employed by the bricklayer are:—the trowel for spreading
the mortar; the plumb- rule to keep the work perpendicular, or in the case ..."
5. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"The Plumb-rule and the Level.—Their Use in Tunnelling. —The Measure and its
Uses.—-The Two-foot Rule and the Tape Measure.— Ovipositor of Gall-fly. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"To save the trouble of keeping the plumb-rule aud level constantly in his hands,
and yet to insure correct work, the bricklayer, on clearing the footings of ..."
7. First Steps in Geometry by George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill (1901)
"plumb rule. The walls of buildings should be vertical ; for if this is not the
case, they are in danger of falling. FIG. 27. —Testing a Brick Wall. ..."
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