stringer
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈstrɪŋər/
- Specialized
:
longerón
- When constructing the aircraft, the engineers installed several stringers to strengthen the fuselage.
- fiberglass stringer
- stair stringers
- precut stringers
Examples
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She stared around the lodge, barely able to make out the soot-blackened rafters where they braced on the stringers.
Fiction book (1992) -
The builders placed the stringers carefully to ensure the staircase would be stable and safe.
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Structurally we could make that work if it was a spiral with a steel stringer.
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I have to add some front stringers to each of these shelves because as you can see, they're a little soft.
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You're gonna have to rebuild the sponson and take it all the way back to the stringers.
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They'll be fixed on the right hand side to the Stringer and bolted in by the threaded bars until I put the hand rail in on the left hand side.
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Our most impressive find in the sutler's house is a beautifully preserved staircase with wood steps, stringers, and risers that runs from the outside to the cellar floor.
Academic text (2007) -
Airbus will use laser welding instead of riveting to assemble certain parts, such as the longitudinal reinforcements known as stringers.
Academic text (2001) -
Sets of finely crafted knees, cross-beams, stringers, etc., like other key pieces preferentially made of oak, reinforced the major joints and strengthened the hull.
Academic text (1996) -
To enhance the durability of the boat, the designer used reinforced stringers made of lightweight metal.
Synonyms
148
2.1
A long thin stick of metal or wood used for a specific purpose
1
8.1
A long narrow piece of wood used to support chairs or barrels
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4.9
A part of a building, like a beam, that holds weight
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6.2
A thing you add to help something hold more weight
A horizontal beam in a roof or on a ship that supports rafters and deck planks
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Etymology
Stringer for a support comes from string ('a long, thin piece') with the ending -er meaning 'one that is'. That's why a stringer is a long, narrow board or metal part that runs along stairs, boats, or planes to give strength.