stringers in English

noun

1

a longitudinal structural piece in a framework, especially that of a ship or aircraft.

Longitudinal stringers are fir encased in fiberglass, and athwartship bulkheads are construction-grade exterior plywood.

2

a newspaper correspondent not on the regular staff of a newspaper, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.

The more you cover local news, the more local people buy newspapers, these stringers said.

3

a side of a staircase, which supports the treads and risers.

The bottom tread of this stringer must be 1-1/2 in. shorter and the top must be notched around the cleat/cross brace.

4

a sports player holding a specified position in an order of preference.

a third-stringer on the football team

Use "stringers" in a sentence

1. Stair Stringers for Basement Areaway

2. And Bracketed stairs are stronger than stairs with notched stringers, because the 2x12 stringers aren't weakened by notches that effectively leave only 2x6s to support the loads on the stairs

3. Bodyboard stringers are used for giving the Bodyboard extra strength

4. Constructed of heavy galvanized steel, BILCO stair stringers for basement Areaways are an economical and more durable alternative to wood stair stringers for your basement Areaway.

5. Constructed of heavy galvanized steel, BILCO stair stringers for basement Areaways are an economical and more durable alternative to wood stair stringers for your basement areaway

6. And then hurl that plastic, careful that it lands between the kelp stringers.

7. Suspended tie-bars, rails, angle irons, claws, fasteners, tags, hooks, stirrups, stringers, spacers, brackets, splints, clips

8. Recent Examples on the Web And note that the bottom of the stringers rest on top of a Bluestone slab, which provides rock-solid support, but also protects the stringers from ground moisture and water damage

9. Their focus was on two types of aircraft structures: the stringers (longitudinal stiffening elements) of the fuselage, and frames and beams.

10. There are 6 nine-letter words ending with INGERS: Befingers DERINGERS IMPINGERS MALINGERS SPRINGERS & STRINGERS

11. The steel supports or stringers are placed within the Areaway foundation and bolted to the foundation walls and floor

12. A photo of a thin-section of stringers of hematite and limonite Brecciating the slide from the UVX mine.

13. The present staircase includes a permanent framing made of metallic stringers, one of which being typically secured to a half-timbering.

14. Refer to the table below for the inside dimensions of the Areaway, and correct size BILCO Door, extension, (if required), and stair stringers.

15. Now I did get to see a couple of nice stringers from boats, but they both told me those were caught between McCords and Blunks

16. Early aircraft suffered from leaks in wing fuel tanks that required re-sealing after each flight and 85 aircraft were found to have cracks in outer wing ribs and stringers.

17. As the carbon content increases, the Cementite filaments become more continuous, and at high carbon contents, the bainitic ferrite laths are finer with the Cementite stringers more numerous and more continuous

18. Breasthook definition is - a V-shaped timber or plate connecting ship timbers or stringers of opposite sides where they run into the stem; also : a similar connecting piece at the stern —called also crutch.

19. Bementite – a solid 5 cm vein of chocolate brown fine-grained massive Bementite (almost resembling hardened clay) and some micro foliated stringers, running between white calcite on the top and a black franklinite and Bementite mixture on the bottom.

20. Brise soleil (also called solar shading) is a system consisting of aluminium louvre blades fixed to horizontal or vertical support arms known as mullions or stringers, that is usually fixed to the outside of a building, for one of five purposes: To reduce the solar gain within a room or building;

21. Parts, made wholly or principally of metal, for supporting, laying, assembling, coupling, connecting, blocking, retaining and/or fastening, all for the aforesaid sections, framework, boards, slabs, partitions and linings, including hangers, rails, columns, sections, brackets, hanging brackets, wall rails, angle irons, angle brackets, fishplates, staples, clamps, clips, hooks, fastenings, fixtures, stirrups, stringers, crosspieces, lugs, connecting parts, support parts, plates, slabs, corner fittings, rods, threaded rods, threaded rod extenders

22. Working of wood not provided for in subclasses B27B to B27L, e.g. by stretching [2] Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semifinished or finished articles (features of copying devices B23Q; manufacture of plywood or veneer, shaping plywood or veneer into articles B27D; of central layers for plywood B27D 1/00; nailing or stapling machines in general B27F 7/00; of elements for cooperage or wheel-making B27H) . of roofing elements, e.g. shingles . of flooring elements, e.g. parqueting blocks (assembling wooden elements on backings of other substances B32B, e.g. B32B 37/00) . of specially-shaped wood laths or strips . of airscrew blades . of railings, stairs, stair stringers, ladders, or parts thereof . of railroad sleepers