stringer
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stringer (plural stringers)
- Someone who threads something.
- Someone who leads someone along.
- A horizontal timber that supports upright posts.
- A local freelance reporter for a national or regional newspaper.
- (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- Line up the 1/2 template with the stringer (or draw a center line) — Stephen Pirsch [1]
- (baseball, slang) An 1800s baseball term meaning a hard-hit ball.
- (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- Janice pulled the bluegill out of the water and added it to her stringer.
- A synonym for a pallet or skid used when shipping LTL [2] freight A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top and is able to be lifted by a forklift.