1.One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. "Be content to put your trust in honest stringers."
2.A libertine; a wencher. (Obs.)
3.(Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper.
4.(Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
5.(Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.
6.(Newspapers) A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; called also string correspondent.
7.(Aviation) A longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage.
