One who girds; a satirist.
A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
One who strains.
A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.