STRINGER


Meaning of STRINGER in English

ˈstriŋə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English strynger, from streng, string string + -er

1. : one that strings

wire stringers sweated down the road, setting up lines — Newsweek

2. : a string, rope, or wire often equipped with snaps on which fish are strung by a fisherman

3.

a. : a narrow vein or irregular filament of mineral traversing a rock mass of different material

b. : a line or linear zone of specified objects or material

narrow tongues of forest will … follow stringers of favorable soil — A.A.Nichol

stringers of gravel on a tidal flat

stringers of pumice

4.

a. : a long horizontal timber used to connect uprights in a frame or to support a floor

b. : a string in stair building

c. : a tie in a truss

5. : a longitudinal member in any of various kinds of construction: as

a. : such a member extending from bent to bent of a railroad bridge and carrying the track

b. : a longitudinal sleeper borne on the transverse ties of a railroad track

c. : a longitudinal girder, plank, or plate used in ship construction as a strengthening member — see ship illustration

d. : a longitudinal member used (as in a fuselage or wing) to reinforce the skin in a semimonocoque airplane

6.

a. : string correspondent

b. : a newspaper reporter who serves another publication or a news agency part time — distinguished from staffer

7. : one that holds a specified competitive rating or is estimated as of specified excellence or efficiency — usually used in combination

pulled out his first- stringers after piling up a wide scoring margin

sent their second- stringer to review the play

8. : a sequence in rummy or panguingue

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.