stringer > define

noun

• A member of a squad on a team.
  • usage: "a first stringer"; "a second stringer"
• A worker who strings.
  • usage: "a stringer of beads"
• Brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull.
• A long horizontal timber to connect uprights. .

• (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.
• (n.) A libertine; a wencher.
• (n.) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
• (n.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame or to support a floor or the like.
• (n.) One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.