STRINGER

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. Ascham.

2.
n.

A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

3.
n.

A longitudinal sleeper.

4.
n.

A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.

5.
n.

A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.


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