Usually means: Support beams in construction frameworks.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word stringers:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. stringers: Merriam-Webster
  2. stringers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. stringers: Vocabulary.com
  4. Stringer's, Stringers, stringers: Wordnik
  5. Stringers, stringers: Wiktionary
  6. stringers: Dictionary.com
  7. -stringers, stringers: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -stringers, stringers: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. stringers: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Stringers: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See stringer as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Stringer)

noun:  Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
noun:  Someone who strings someone along.
noun:  A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
noun:  (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
noun:  A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
noun:  (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
noun:  (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
noun:  (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
noun:  (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
noun:  (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
noun:  A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
noun:  (obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.
noun:  (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
noun:  A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States, named after a postmaster.
▸ Also see stringer





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