stringer

noun

1. 1

   Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

2. 2

   Someone who strings someone along.

3. 3

   A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.

4. 4

   The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.

5. 5

   A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.

6. 6

   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.

7. 7

   A person who plays on a particular string.

8. 8

   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 http//www.surfersteve.com/shaping.htm”

9. 9

   (1800s) A hard-hit ball.

10. 10

    A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.

11. 11

    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.

12. 12

    A libertine; a wencher.

13. 13

    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.