noun painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.
2. waterwork ·noun an hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, ·etc.;
used chiefly in the plural.