stringer

One that strings.

A long heavy horizontal timber used as a support or connector.

A stringboard.

A horizontal timber used to support upright posts.

A member of a specified string or squad on a team. Often used in combination.

A part-time or freelance correspondent for the news media.

In iron ship-building, a longitudinal member built of plates and bars in the interior of a vessel which reinforces and supports the framing above the turn of the bilge. Similar members below the turn of the bilge are called keelsons. See keelson, 2.

In geology, a narrow vein or dike.

One who strings.