Stringer /(strĭng"ẽr)/

String·er

Stringer

n.
  1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
    Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.
    — Ascham.
  2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.]
  3. A longitudinal sleeper. (Railroad)
  4. A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. (Shipbuilding)
  5. A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. (Carp.)
  6. 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. (Newspapers)
  7. a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage. (Aviation)