STRINGER

noun Date: 14th century one that strings, a string, wire, or chain often with snaps on which fish are strung by a fisherman, a narrow vein or irregular filament of mineral traversing a rock mass of different material, 4. a long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame or to support a floor, string 8, a tie in a truss, 5. a longitudinal member extending from bent to bent of a railroad bridge and carrying the track, a longitudinal member (as in an airplane fuselage or wing) to reinforce the skin, 6. a news correspondent who is paid space rates, a reporter who works for a publication or news agency on a part-time basis, one estimated to be of specified excellence or efficiency