rung

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A rod or bar forming a step of a ladder.
2. n. A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
3. n. The spoke in a wheel.
4. n. Nautical One of the spokes or handles on a ship's wheel.
5. n. A level or degree in a hierarchy: a middle manager awaiting a promotion to the next rung.
6. v. Past participle of ring².

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A rod or bar; a heavy staff; hence, a cudgel; a club.
2. n. Specifically A round or step of a ladder.
3. n. One of the bars of a windmill-sail.
4. n. A spoke or bar of a wallower or lantern-wheel; a rundle.
5. n. Nautical: One of the projecting handles of a steering-wheel.
6. n. A floor-timber in a ship.
7. n. Preterit and past participle of ring.
8. Ringed; having a ring through the snout, as a hog.

Wiktionary

1. n. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
2. n. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
3. n. nautical, dated A floor timber in a ship.
4. n. dated One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
5. n. engineering, dated One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
6. n. engineering, dated One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
7. v. Past participle of ring

GNU Webster's 1913

1. imp. & p. p. of ring.
2. n. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship.
3. n. One of the rounds of a ladder.
4. n. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
5. n. (Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
2. n. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair