stringer (n.)

  1. a member of a squad on a team; a first stringer; a second stringer'

  2. a worker who strings; a stringer of beads'

  3. brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull

  4. a long horizontal timber to connect uprights

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