expression, godan verb (-ru)
stretch a string; string a line
Used for setting up a string or thread under tension, such as a clothesline, a chalk line, or a guide string for crafts or construction.
庭に洗濯物を干すために糸を張った。
I stretched a string in the garden to hang laundry.
大工がまっすぐな線を引くために
The carpenter stretches a string to draw a straight line.