Stringer may refer to:

Structural elements

Stringer (aircraft) In engineering, a longeron or stringer is a load-bearing component of a framework. The term is commonly used in connection with aircraft fuselages and automobile chassis. Longerons are used in conjunction with stringers to form structural frame ...

, or longeron, a strip of wood or metal to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened * Stringer (slag), an inclusion, possibly leading to a defect, in cast metal *

Stringer (stairs) Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. This is achieved as a diagonal series of horizontal platforms called steps which enable passage ...

, the structural member in a stairway that supports the treads and risers * Stringer (surfing), a thin piece of wood running from nose to tail of a surfboard

Other uses

Stringer (name) Stringer (pronounced to rhyme with "ringer") is an English people, English occupational surname and occasionally used as a given name. It originally denoted a maker of rope or strings, and especially those for the famous English longbows used for ...

, includes a list of people with the name *

Stringer (journalism) In journalism, a stringer is a freelance journalist, photographer, or videographer who contributes reports, photos, or videos to a news organization on an ongoing basis but is paid individually for each piece of published or broadcast work. As f ...

, a type of freelance journalist * Stringer, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Fish stringer, a piece of cord or chain used to keep fish alive and secured while an angler continues fishing * The Stringers, nickname of Hailsham Town F.C., English football club * "Stringer", a 2001 instrumental track by Dutch DJ Riva, later adapted into " Who Do You Love Now?" featuring Dannii Minogue

Structural elements

Other uses

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