Sinker /(?)/

Sink·er

Sinker

n.
  1. One who, or that which, sinks.

Phrases & Compounds

Dividing sinker
in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers and acting alternately with them.
Jack sinker
See under Jack, n.
Sinker bar
In knitting machines, a bar to which one set of the sinkers is attached