plumb bob in English

noun
1
a bob of lead or other heavy material forming the weight of a plumb line.
Here, three metal rods ran across a corner of the gallery, each supporting a large pulley wheel and a piece of canvas strap to which were attached a plumb bob and a weight.

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1. Plumb Bobbing is a technique some golfers use to line up putts by using a putter as a plumb bob to create a vertical line they can use to compare the slope of the green