Category:Stringer

String"er, 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)

Defn: a longitudinal sleeper.

4. (shipbuilding)

Defn: a streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on The under side of the beams.

5. (carp.)

Defn: a long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to Support a floor or the like.