Definitions for: Stringer


[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"



Webster (1913) 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.

See Also: brace, bracing, participant, player, squad, team, timber, worker

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