A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts; a timber over the windlass, with pins for belaying the running rigging.
A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
A position in a hierarchy.
A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
simple past tense of ring
Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.