stringern.

Brit.

/ˈstrɪŋə/, U.S.

/ˈstrɪŋər/

Forms: Also Middle English strenger, strynger, 1500s stryngar.

Etymology: < string v., string n. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who makes strings for bows. ? Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes bows or arrows

bowyer1297

stringer1420

bowerc1440

artillerc1453

fletcher1457

bow-maker1864

1420 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1915) II. 122 Stryngers. Inprimis, pro bona regula..habenda in arte quadam, que vocatur stryngercrafte.

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 9 §1 The Bowers, Fletchers, Stringers and Arrowehedmakers of this your Realme.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 3^v Now what a stringe ought to be made on, whether of good hempe.., or of flaxe or of sylke, I leue that to the iugemente of stringers, of whome we muste bye them on.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 106/1 The Crest of the Bow-String Maker, commonly called the Stringers of the City of Chester.

b. The workman who fits a musical instrument (now esp. a piano) with strings.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > [noun] > instrument makers or fitters > keyboard maker or fitter

stringer1842

bellyman1845

key loader1886

1842 Penny Mag. Apr. 173/1 The workmen called ‘stringers’ fix the proper strings to the proper pins.

1898 Daily Chron. 14 Oct. 10/6 Pianoforte.—Stringer and chipper-up wanted.

†a. One who winds thread on a bobbin. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > winding on spool or bobbin > one who

spooler1554

stringer1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A stringer of silke.

b. One who threads (beads and the like) on a string. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [noun] > anything resembling a string of beads > one who threads on a string

stringer1850

1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Stringer, one who arranges on a string, or thread; a bead or pearl stringer.

3. figurative. One who strings words together. Also with together, up.

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the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun]

mathelereOE

mouthOE

speaker1303

sayer1340

outera1415

utterer1509

handler1534

trumpet1549

discourser1564

deliverer1580

linguist1612

vocalist1613

sermocinator1623

sermocinatrix1623

articulator1651

worder1654

voice1667

stringer1774

tonguer1822

vocalizer1830

locutor1858

outspeaker1858

speaker-hearer1965

speaker-listener1965

1774 Universal Mag. Apr. 189/1 When the stringer up of a love-song condescends to take the pen.

1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 915 Their great speakers were at best but stringers-together of good-for-nothing words.

1901 R. Garnett Ess. xi. 313 A polisher and stringer of epigrammatic sayings.

†4. A fornicator, wencher. Obsolete.Apparently the speaker's perversion of striker: see striker n. 2d.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who

horlinga1200

holourc1230

whore-mana1325

putourc1390

putroura1425

whoremastera1425

whoremonger?a1472

putyer1477

whoredomerc1485

holarda1500

whore-keeper1530

mutton-monger1532

smell-smock?1545

stallion1553

woman-louper1568

limb-lifter1579

Lusty Laurence1582

punker1582

wencher1593

womanist1608

belly-bumper1611

sheep-biter1611

stringer1613

fleshmongera1616

hunt-smock1624

whorer1624

womanizer1626

woman errant1628

mongera1637

linen-lifter1652

whorster1654

whorehopper1664

cousin1694

smocker1708

mutton-master1729

woman dangler1850

masher1872

chippy chaser1887

chaser1894

stud1895

molrower1896

skirt-chaser1942

1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle i. sig. B4 A whoreson tyrant has ben an old stringer in's daies I warrant him.

5. Building, etc.

a. A horizontal member connecting uprights in a framework, supporting a floor, supporting or tying together a bridge, or the like; a tie or tie-beam.

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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > horizontal or transverse support

ledgec1330

string-piece1789

stringer1838

cleat1854

the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [noun] > a horizontal object or part > in a framework

string-piece1789

stringer1838

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 150/1 These piles were connected on the inside by a pine stringer one foot square.

1893 Scribner's Mag. June 697/1 A plank sidewalk resting on the ordinary stringers.

1940 Sun (Baltimore) 24 May 19/5 The last span between piers 36 and 37 was closed today, engineers said, and work is being rushed on floor beams, stringers and decking.

1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl i. i. 9 A wooden bridge..stands, its stringers creaking beneath every cream-truck.

1976 Columbus (Montana) News 24 June 6/6 The best method to improve the bridges is to install more stringers.

b. Shipbuilding. An inside strake of planking or plating, secured to the ribs and supporting the ends of the beams.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > interior plank connecting ribs

stringer1830

box stringer1858

bilge-stringer1869

hold-stringer1869

wiring1878

1830 P. Hedderwick Treat. Marine Archit. 130 Stringers, strakes of planks wrought round the inside at the height of the under side of the beams.

1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 394/2 The iron gunwale stringer is formed of plate ¼ in. thick.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Stringers, a name sometimes applied to shelf-pieces... Also, heavy timber similarly carried round a ship to fortify her for special heavy service, as whaling, &c.

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 331 Stringers are of two kinds, viz., hold and deck stringers.

attributive.1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding ix. 161 All vessels to have stringer-plates upon the ends of each tier of beams.1883 G. S. Nares Constr. Ironclad 6 Stringer plates are used to strengthen the ship longitudinally. These are iron plates laid along the end of the deck beams, and fastened to them and the frames.

c. U.S. A longitudinal railway sleeper.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > parts and fittings of rails > sleeper

cross-tie1813

sleeper1837

longitudinal1838

transom1838

cross-sleeper1841

railroad tie1847

stringer1848

tie1857

pot sleeper1869

waybeam1880

1848 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1847 72 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 54) VI One patent has been granted for improvements in the rail, and the manner of fastening it to the stringers.

1881 J. Le Conte Sight 142 Parallel lines of all kinds, such as railway stringers, bridge timbers, &c.

1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 601/2 The fuel consisted of parts of the Tarlac station house and some hard-wood stringers.

d. A string-piece supporting a staircase.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > stringers

stair-tree1374

sister1518

rail1679

string1711

carriage1758

rough string1819

notch-board1823

bridgeboard1842

stringer1883

1883 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 8 450 Cutting a groove in the..wall, and inserting in it one of the wooden stringers supporting the stair.

e. The heavy squared timber carried along the edge of a wharf-front; cf. string-piece n. at string n. Compounds 2.

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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay > timber on edge of

stringer1899

1899 L. Becke in Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Dec. 2/1 Tom sat down on a wharf stringer, dangling his feet.

f. Aeronautics. A spanwise member of a wing, parallel to the spars, used to give lateral stiffness to the ribs; also, a longitudinal member of a fuselage, serving to reinforce and stiffen the skin and assisting it to carry direct load.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > structural framework > specific members of

web1909

frame1911

stringer1918

former1919

1918 Flight 4 July 740/2 The main [wing] ribs consist of ply wood webs socketted into grooved spruce flanges, which are tapered off..except where they are met by a longitudinal stringer.

1920 Flight 12 Aug. 879/2 To this main [fuselage] structure is added stringers which bring the outside form up to a streamline shape.

1928 C. H. Chatfield & C. F. Taylor Airplane & its Engine xii. 212 As even the main ribs are very light, they must often be supported against tipping over sidewise. This is done by means of light wood stringers, which run parallel to the spars.

1932 M. Langley Metal Aircraft Constr. v. 113 The slightly curved contours of stringers may be achieved by rolling them to template immediately they come off the draw bench.

1945 Aeroplane 17 Aug. 185/2 The multiplicity of stringers forms an impressive skeleton upon which a preformed skin is laid in large panels of over 30 ft. in length.

1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze vii. 160 This was Bachequero's first venture in anger since her conversion, and she was no doubt straining every plate and stringer to do herself credit.

1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing ix. 111 The whole of the airframe began shivering as the stringers took the strain.

g. Surfing. (See quot. 1962.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > parts of

rail1962

skeg1962

stringer1962

rocker1963

spoon1963

leg rope1975

mast foot1976

1962 T. Masters Surfing made Easy 65 Stringers, pieces of wood laminated into the surfboard foam for decoration and rigidity.

1963 S. Szabados in J. Pollard Austral. Surfrider ii. 21/1 Those strips of wood used in foam boards to add lateral strength are called ‘stringers’.

1968 W. Warwick Surfriding in N.Z. 16/3 Today about 50% of all surfboards are built with a centre stringer of either wood or fibreglass, whereas up to about 1966 nearly all boards had some kind of stringer.

6. Mining and Geology. A narrow vein of mineral traversing a mass of different material.

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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > thin

race1580

string1603

veinlinga1618

leading1653

primgap1653

sticking1653

coal pipe1699

hilo1848

stringer1874

1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 32 This indicates that the present deposits are stringers or exflorescences [sic] of larger deposits.

1882 Rep. Prec. Met. U.S. 275 In the main vein is found a stringer of silver nearly pure.

1923 ‘B. M. Bower’ Parowan Bonanza viii. 95 There's a little vein up in the next location hole that's just a stringer.

7. U.S. A stick or switch used to string fish on.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > spit > for smoking or drying

spit1833

stringer1893

1893 Outing 22 88/2 But, though he had several strikes, his stringer remained dry in his pocket.

8. plural. Handcuffs. slang.

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the hands or arms

copsa700

manaclec1350

handlock1532

hand-bolt1563

handcuff1649

cuff1663

Darbies1673

glim-fenders1699

government securities1707

pinion1736

ruffles1776

bracelet1817

nippers1821

handicuff1825

shangy1839

snitchers1864

come-along1874

shackle-irons1876

mitten1880

wristlet1881

snaps1891

snips1891

stringers1893

twister1910

1893 R. Kipling My Lord Elephant in Many Inventions The corp'ril of the gyard..unlocked my stringers, an' he sez: ‘If it comes to runnin', run for your life.’

9. = string n. 1n. U.S. slang. rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax

pratOE

mowa1393

pageant?c1430

jimp?1572

prank1576

jest1578

jig1592

frump1593

trick1605

bilk1664

fun1699

plisky1706

humbug1750

hum1751

practical joke1751

marlock1763

quiz1795

practical joke1804

skite1804

hoax1808

skit1815

wrinkle1817

rusty1835

funny business1838

string1851

stringer1851

cod1862

mank1865

spoof1889

leg-pull1893

rannygazoo1896

shenanigan1926

gotcha1967

to throw a fastball1968

wind-up1984

1851 J. B. Lamar et al. Polly Peablossom's Wedding & Other Tales 89 He never lacked assistance from his acquaintances whenever he had concocted a ‘stringer’.

10. Metallurgy. A microstructural feature consisting of a narrow vein of inclusion or alloy constituent oriented parallel to the direction of metal working.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [noun] > imperfections

honeycomb1530

roll mark1894

hair crack1896

season crack1909

season cracking1910

snowflake1919

hairline crack1923

shrinkage cavity1923

clink1925

shatter crack1930

stretcher strain1931

pimpling1940

stringer1942

quench cracking1949

1942 C. G. Johnson Metall. (ed. 2) x. 187 Fig. 103 illustrates a slag stringer in steel that caused failure in the hardening operation.

1959 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 191 353/1 Forging draws out the carbides into long stringers running in the direction of hot working.

1976 Sci. Amer. Nov. 106/3 The most significant difference between bending and stretching is the role of microscopic impurities or inclusions that are not metallic... During hot-rolling they become elongated into ‘stringers’.

11. A newspaper correspondent paid in proportion to the quantity of his published work (cf. string n. 17b). Hence, a correspondent employed part-time; spec. one employed to report on events in a particular place. Also transferred. Frequently attributive. Originally U.S.

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society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > stringer

string man1943

stringer1952

string correspondent1960

1952 Time 21 Jan. 7/1 Saporiti was in Portugal when he first started as a stringer (part-time correspondent) for Time in the spring of 1946.

1952 Iowa Quest 31 Jan. 3 (heading) 11 students hold ‘stringer’ jobs.

1956 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Aug. 4/6 Even the wire services used mainly stringer correspondents to cover trial.

1958 Spectator 31 Oct. 570/2 A free-lance reporter (formerly a stringer for Confidential).

1962 Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 315/2 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) X. 259 Organisation of independent television news: camera crews and ‘stringer’ cameramen.

1970 Radio Times 30 Apr. 10/4 Every weekday BBC radio puts out 5½ hours of news and current affairs programmes to Britain. It employs 17 full-time foreign corespondents and nearly 100 stringers, mostly newspapermen.

1973 H. Trevelyan Diplomatic Channels vii. 116 They [sc. intelligence services] employ stringers to get caught and occasionally exchanged; but these are regarded by proper spies as an inferior form of life and are not admitted to the international spy confraternity.

1979 E. Koch Good Night Little Spy viii. 65 He was a so-called ‘stringer’; he was not attached to any one newspaper and freelanced for several of them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stringer
释义	stringern. Brit. /ˈstrɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈstrɪŋər/ Forms: Also Middle English strenger, strynger, 1500s stryngar. Etymology: < string v., string n. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who makes strings for bows. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes bows or arrows bowyer1297 stringer1420 bowerc1440 artillerc1453 fletcher1457 bow-maker1864 1420 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1915) II. 122 Stryngers. Inprimis, pro bona regula..habenda in arte quadam, que vocatur stryngercrafte. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 9 §1 The Bowers, Fletchers, Stringers and Arrowehedmakers of this your Realme. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 3^v Now what a stringe ought to be made on, whether of good hempe.., or of flaxe or of sylke, I leue that to the iugemente of stringers, of whome we muste bye them on. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 106/1 The Crest of the Bow-String Maker, commonly called the Stringers of the City of Chester. b. The workman who fits a musical instrument (now esp. a piano) with strings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > [noun] > instrument makers or fitters > keyboard maker or fitter stringer1842 bellyman1845 key loader1886 1842 Penny Mag. Apr. 173/1 The workmen called ‘stringers’ fix the proper strings to the proper pins. 1898 Daily Chron. 14 Oct. 10/6 Pianoforte.—Stringer and chipper-up wanted. 2. †a. One who winds thread on a bobbin. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > winding on spool or bobbin > one who spooler1554 stringer1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A stringer of silke. b. One who threads (beads and the like) on a string. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [noun] > anything resembling a string of beads > one who threads on a string stringer1850 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Stringer, one who arranges on a string, or thread; a bead or pearl stringer. 3. figurative. One who strings words together. Also with together, up. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] mathelereOE mouthOE speaker1303 sayer1340 outera1415 utterer1509 handler1534 trumpet1549 discourser1564 deliverer1580 linguist1612 vocalist1613 sermocinator1623 sermocinatrix1623 articulator1651 worder1654 voice1667 stringer1774 tonguer1822 vocalizer1830 locutor1858 outspeaker1858 speaker-hearer1965 speaker-listener1965 1774 Universal Mag. Apr. 189/1 When the stringer up of a love-song condescends to take the pen. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 915 Their great speakers were at best but stringers-together of good-for-nothing words. 1901 R. Garnett Ess. xi. 313 A polisher and stringer of epigrammatic sayings. †4. A fornicator, wencher. Obsolete.Apparently the speaker's perversion of striker: see striker n. 2d. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who horlinga1200 holourc1230 whore-mana1325 putourc1390 putroura1425 whoremastera1425 whoremonger?a1472 putyer1477 whoredomerc1485 holarda1500 whore-keeper1530 mutton-monger1532 smell-smock?1545 stallion1553 woman-louper1568 limb-lifter1579 Lusty Laurence1582 punker1582 wencher1593 womanist1608 belly-bumper1611 sheep-biter1611 stringer1613 fleshmongera1616 hunt-smock1624 whorer1624 womanizer1626 woman errant1628 mongera1637 linen-lifter1652 whorster1654 whorehopper1664 cousin1694 smocker1708 mutton-master1729 woman dangler1850 masher1872 chippy chaser1887 chaser1894 stud1895 molrower1896 skirt-chaser1942 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle i. sig. B4 A whoreson tyrant has ben an old stringer in's daies I warrant him. 5. Building, etc. a. A horizontal member connecting uprights in a framework, supporting a floor, supporting or tying together a bridge, or the like; a tie or tie-beam. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > horizontal or transverse support ledgec1330 string-piece1789 stringer1838 cleat1854 the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [noun] > a horizontal object or part > in a framework string-piece1789 stringer1838 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 150/1 These piles were connected on the inside by a pine stringer one foot square. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 697/1 A plank sidewalk resting on the ordinary stringers. 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 24 May 19/5 The last span between piers 36 and 37 was closed today, engineers said, and work is being rushed on floor beams, stringers and decking. 1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl i. i. 9 A wooden bridge..stands, its stringers creaking beneath every cream-truck. 1976 Columbus (Montana) News 24 June 6/6 The best method to improve the bridges is to install more stringers. b. Shipbuilding. An inside strake of planking or plating, secured to the ribs and supporting the ends of the beams. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > interior plank connecting ribs stringer1830 box stringer1858 bilge-stringer1869 hold-stringer1869 wiring1878 1830 P. Hedderwick Treat. Marine Archit. 130 Stringers, strakes of planks wrought round the inside at the height of the under side of the beams. 1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 394/2 The iron gunwale stringer is formed of plate ¼ in. thick. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Stringers, a name sometimes applied to shelf-pieces... Also, heavy timber similarly carried round a ship to fortify her for special heavy service, as whaling, &c. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 331 Stringers are of two kinds, viz., hold and deck stringers. attributive.1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding ix. 161 All vessels to have stringer-plates upon the ends of each tier of beams.1883 G. S. Nares Constr. Ironclad 6 Stringer plates are used to strengthen the ship longitudinally. These are iron plates laid along the end of the deck beams, and fastened to them and the frames. c. U.S. A longitudinal railway sleeper. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > parts and fittings of rails > sleeper cross-tie1813 sleeper1837 longitudinal1838 transom1838 cross-sleeper1841 railroad tie1847 stringer1848 tie1857 pot sleeper1869 waybeam1880 1848 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1847 72 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (30th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 54) VI One patent has been granted for improvements in the rail, and the manner of fastening it to the stringers. 1881 J. Le Conte Sight 142 Parallel lines of all kinds, such as railway stringers, bridge timbers, &c. 1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 601/2 The fuel consisted of parts of the Tarlac station house and some hard-wood stringers. d. A string-piece supporting a staircase. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > stringers stair-tree1374 sister1518 rail1679 string1711 carriage1758 rough string1819 notch-board1823 bridgeboard1842 stringer1883 1883 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 8 450 Cutting a groove in the..wall, and inserting in it one of the wooden stringers supporting the stair. e. The heavy squared timber carried along the edge of a wharf-front; cf. string-piece n. at string n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay > timber on edge of stringer1899 1899 L. Becke in Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Dec. 2/1 Tom sat down on a wharf stringer, dangling his feet. f. Aeronautics. A spanwise member of a wing, parallel to the spars, used to give lateral stiffness to the ribs; also, a longitudinal member of a fuselage, serving to reinforce and stiffen the skin and assisting it to carry direct load. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > structural framework > specific members of web1909 frame1911 stringer1918 former1919 1918 Flight 4 July 740/2 The main [wing] ribs consist of ply wood webs socketted into grooved spruce flanges, which are tapered off..except where they are met by a longitudinal stringer. 1920 Flight 12 Aug. 879/2 To this main [fuselage] structure is added stringers which bring the outside form up to a streamline shape. 1928 C. H. Chatfield & C. F. Taylor Airplane & its Engine xii. 212 As even the main ribs are very light, they must often be supported against tipping over sidewise. This is done by means of light wood stringers, which run parallel to the spars. 1932 M. Langley Metal Aircraft Constr. v. 113 The slightly curved contours of stringers may be achieved by rolling them to template immediately they come off the draw bench. 1945 Aeroplane 17 Aug. 185/2 The multiplicity of stringers forms an impressive skeleton upon which a preformed skin is laid in large panels of over 30 ft. in length. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze vii. 160 This was Bachequero's first venture in anger since her conversion, and she was no doubt straining every plate and stringer to do herself credit. 1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing ix. 111 The whole of the airframe began shivering as the stringers took the strain. g. Surfing. (See quot. 1962.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > parts of rail1962 skeg1962 stringer1962 rocker1963 spoon1963 leg rope1975 mast foot1976 1962 T. Masters Surfing made Easy 65 Stringers, pieces of wood laminated into the surfboard foam for decoration and rigidity. 1963 S. Szabados in J. Pollard Austral. Surfrider ii. 21/1 Those strips of wood used in foam boards to add lateral strength are called ‘stringers’. 1968 W. Warwick Surfriding in N.Z. 16/3 Today about 50% of all surfboards are built with a centre stringer of either wood or fibreglass, whereas up to about 1966 nearly all boards had some kind of stringer. 6. Mining and Geology. A narrow vein of mineral traversing a mass of different material. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > thin race1580 string1603 veinlinga1618 leading1653 primgap1653 sticking1653 coal pipe1699 hilo1848 stringer1874 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 32 This indicates that the present deposits are stringers or exflorescences [sic] of larger deposits. 1882 Rep. Prec. Met. U.S. 275 In the main vein is found a stringer of silver nearly pure. 1923 ‘B. M. Bower’ Parowan Bonanza viii. 95 There's a little vein up in the next location hole that's just a stringer. 7. U.S. A stick or switch used to string fish on. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > spit > for smoking or drying spit1833 stringer1893 1893 Outing 22 88/2 But, though he had several strikes, his stringer remained dry in his pocket. 8. plural. Handcuffs. slang. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the hands or arms copsa700 manaclec1350 handlock1532 hand-bolt1563 handcuff1649 cuff1663 Darbies1673 glim-fenders1699 government securities1707 pinion1736 ruffles1776 bracelet1817 nippers1821 handicuff1825 shangy1839 snitchers1864 come-along1874 shackle-irons1876 mitten1880 wristlet1881 snaps1891 snips1891 stringers1893 twister1910 1893 R. Kipling My Lord Elephant in Many Inventions The corp'ril of the gyard..unlocked my stringers, an' he sez: ‘If it comes to runnin', run for your life.’ 9. = string n. 1n. U.S. slang. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax pratOE mowa1393 pageant?c1430 jimp?1572 prank1576 jest1578 jig1592 frump1593 trick1605 bilk1664 fun1699 plisky1706 humbug1750 hum1751 practical joke1751 marlock1763 quiz1795 practical joke1804 skite1804 hoax1808 skit1815 wrinkle1817 rusty1835 funny business1838 string1851 stringer1851 cod1862 mank1865 spoof1889 leg-pull1893 rannygazoo1896 shenanigan1926 gotcha1967 to throw a fastball1968 wind-up1984 1851 J. B. Lamar et al. Polly Peablossom's Wedding & Other Tales 89 He never lacked assistance from his acquaintances whenever he had concocted a ‘stringer’. 10. Metallurgy. A microstructural feature consisting of a narrow vein of inclusion or alloy constituent oriented parallel to the direction of metal working. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [noun] > imperfections honeycomb1530 roll mark1894 hair crack1896 season crack1909 season cracking1910 snowflake1919 hairline crack1923 shrinkage cavity1923 clink1925 shatter crack1930 stretcher strain1931 pimpling1940 stringer1942 quench cracking1949 1942 C. G. Johnson Metall. (ed. 2) x. 187 Fig. 103 illustrates a slag stringer in steel that caused failure in the hardening operation. 1959 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 191 353/1 Forging draws out the carbides into long stringers running in the direction of hot working. 1976 Sci. Amer. Nov. 106/3 The most significant difference between bending and stretching is the role of microscopic impurities or inclusions that are not metallic... During hot-rolling they become elongated into ‘stringers’. 11. A newspaper correspondent paid in proportion to the quantity of his published work (cf. string n. 17b). Hence, a correspondent employed part-time; spec. one employed to report on events in a particular place. Also transferred. Frequently attributive. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > stringer string man1943 stringer1952 string correspondent1960 1952 Time 21 Jan. 7/1 Saporiti was in Portugal when he first started as a stringer (part-time correspondent) for Time in the spring of 1946. 1952 Iowa Quest 31 Jan. 3 (heading) 11 students hold ‘stringer’ jobs. 1956 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Aug. 4/6 Even the wire services used mainly stringer correspondents to cover trial. 1958 Spectator 31 Oct. 570/2 A free-lance reporter (formerly a stringer for Confidential). 1962 Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 315/2 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) X. 259 Organisation of independent television news: camera crews and ‘stringer’ cameramen. 1970 Radio Times 30 Apr. 10/4 Every weekday BBC radio puts out 5½ hours of news and current affairs programmes to Britain. It employs 17 full-time foreign corespondents and nearly 100 stringers, mostly newspapermen. 1973 H. Trevelyan Diplomatic Channels vii. 116 They [sc. intelligence services] employ stringers to get caught and occasionally exchanged; but these are regarded by proper spies as an inferior form of life and are not admitted to the international spy confraternity. 1979 E. Koch Good Night Little Spy viii. 65 He was a so-called ‘stringer’; he was not attached to any one newspaper and freelanced for several of them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1420
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