stringer

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[edit] Noun

stringer (plural stringers)

1. Someone who threads something.
2. Someone who leads someone along.
3. A horizontal timber that supports upright posts.
4. A local freelance reporter for a national or regional newspaper.
5. (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]

6. (baseball, slang) An 1800s baseball term meaning a hard-hit ball.
7. (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.

8. 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.

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