stringer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stringer	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for stringer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stringer n a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer" a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads" brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stringer \String"er\ (str[icr]ng"[etil]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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stringer, MS Zip code(s): 39481