A synonym for a pallet or skid used when shipping LTL freight A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top and is able to be lifted by a forklift
Continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support deck components, often identified by location as the outside or center stringer and sometimes called a runner
continuous longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support and space the deck components, often identified by location as the outside, interior or center stringer; bearer; runner
brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads" a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer
{i} one who arranges objects on a string; horizontal timber; part-time journalist who covers a local area and supplies stories to a newspaper published in a different area
continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support and space the deck components, often identified by location as the outside, interior, or center stringer; bearer; runner
A writer or photographer who is not a full-time employee, but who is paid by the job The term comes from the days when a writer would get paid by the column inch and would measure his or her contribution by holding a string along the story to measure its length, knot it, measure the next column or story, and so on, reporting the final length for pay
Lumber industry terminology for lumber graded with respect to its strength in bending when loaded on the narrow face Used for cross members in floors or ceilings
A long, horizontal member which connects uprights in a frame or supports a floor or the like One of the enclosed sides of a stair supporting the treads and risers
A stringer is a journalist who is employed part-time by a newspaper or news service in order to report on a particular area. He picked up extra money as a local stringer for the New York Herald. someone who regularly sends in news stories to a newspaper, but who is not employed by that newspaper
The spacing boards of a pallet, normally 2 in by 4 in in size and two to three in number Top and bottom boards are fastened to the stringers Coincide with length dimension of pallet