Conduit /(? [or] ?; 277)/

Con·duit

Conduit

n.
  1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
    All the conduits of my blood froze up.
    This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk.
  2. A structure forming a reservoir for water. (Arch.)
  3. A narrow passage for private communication.