Meaning of STRINGER
| Pronunciation: | | 'stringur
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- [n] a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
- [n] brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- [n] a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads"
- [n] a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer"
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| | See Also: | | brace, bracing, participant, player, squad, team, timber, worker | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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