D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sinker

/sĭng'-kẽr/ · Sink·er · IPA /ˈsɪŋkə(ɹ)/
01 n. One who, or that which, sinks.
  1. 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