Plumbing
English Meaning
The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
- The pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus of a water, gas, or sewage system in a building.
- The work or trade of a plumber.
- Informal An arrangement of bodily vessels or ducts: "treating stroke victims by reversing the plumbing of the body's circulatory system” ( Associated Press).