Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stringer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stringer \String"er\ (str[i^]ng"[~e]r), n.
1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings,
especially for bows.
Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.
--Ascham.
2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper.
4. (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the
inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
5. (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a
frame, or to support a floor or the like.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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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