Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries 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.
[1913 Webster]
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) 3.0 (2006) [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
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