Stringer

Quick meaning: Stringer is a noun meaning Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

Meaning

Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

More Meanings

1. Someone who strings someone along.
2. A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
3. (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
4. A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
5. (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
6. (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
7. (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.

Example Sentences

Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.

[T]hose fellows know how to spot a stringer at work.

A whoreson tyrant! He has been an old stringer in's days

"Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.

Word Forms

• stringers

Synonyms for stringer

Depending on context, synonyms include stile, rail.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include claws, girders, greenhouses, talons, strummer, bowyer.

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