conduit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass
    • the computers were connected through a system of conduits

WordNet

Con"duit noun
Etymology
F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See Conduct.
Definitions
  1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
    All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak.
    This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke.
  2. (Arch.) (a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. Oxf. Gloss. (b) A narrow passage for private communication.

Webster 1913