Stringer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stringer \String"er\ (str[i^]ng"[~e]r), n.
     1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings,
        especially for bows.
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              Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.


                                                    --Ascham.
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     2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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     3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper.
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     4. (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the
        inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
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     5. (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a
        frame, or to support a floor or the like.
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     6. (Newspapers) A reporter or correspondent who works for a
        news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering
        local news for a newspaper published in a different area;
        -- called also {string correspondent}.
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     7. (Aviation) a longitudinal supporting structure to
        reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stringer
       n 1: a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second
            stringer"
       2: a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads"
       3: brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a
          fuselage or hull
       4: a long horizontal timber to connect uprights

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Stringer, MS
    Zip code(s): 39481