stringer
a person or thing that strings.
a long horizontal timber connecting upright posts.
Architecture. string (def. 15b).
Civil Engineering. a longitudinal bridge girder for supporting part of a deck or railroad track between bents or piers.
a longitudinal reinforcement in the fuselage or wing of an airplane.
Also called string correspondent. Journalism. a part-time newspaper correspondent covering a local area for a paper published elsewhere: The Los Angeles paper has a correspondent in San Francisco but only a stringer in Seattle.: Compare staffer (def. 2).
a contestant, player, or other person ranked according to skill or accomplishment (used in combination): Most of the conductors at the opera house were third-stringers.
Mining. a small vein or seam of ore, coal, etc.
Origin of stringer
1Other words from stringer
- re·string·er, noun
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How to use stringer in a sentence
Along with stringers, freelancers, and citizen journalists, RYOT gets its content from a less traditional source.
New Site RYOT Combines Breaking News With Activism | Nina Strochlic | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I know they rely on stringers, and since those photos came from Turkey, I have to ask if someone from Turkey did it.
There are only a few planks between the stringers here and there, but, if you don't mind waiting, I can lead your horse across.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossThe cross girders, stringers and wind-bracing are wrought iron, the rest of mild steel.
Each bascule consists of two main girders with cross girders and stringers.
Other ceilings were made much as they are now, laths being nailed on the stringers or rafters and covered with mortar and stucco.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonFive of these will give the right length for the stringers of the stairway.
Ten Books on Architecture | Vitruvius
British Dictionary definitions for stringer
/ (ˈstrɪŋə) /
architect
a long horizontal beam that is used for structural purposes
another name for stringboard
nautical a longitudinal structural brace for strengthening the hull of a vessel
a journalist retained by a newspaper or news service on a part-time basis to cover a particular town or area
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