noun: (countable) A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
noun: (countable, art) A textile fabric used like tapestry.
noun: (countable, uncountable) Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
noun: (uncountable, art) A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
noun: (historical) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
noun: (construction, archaic) Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.
