| 释义 |
out of plumbNot exactly vertical: the towers are inclined, from four to ten feet out of plumb...- If you find the doors' frames are too far out of plumb to fix by moving the hinges, a drastic, though not impossible, solution is to remove and re-hang the doorframes.
- Joining two materials together usually leaves an uneven gap between them because one of the surfaces is out of plumb, is not level, or is irregularly shaped.
- A common, and drastic, mistake in hanging wallpaper is to hang it out of plumb.
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