'string correspondent' definitions:

Definition of 'string correspondent'

From: GCIDE
  • Stringer \String"er\ (str[i^]ng"[~e]r), n.
  • 1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. [1913 Webster]
  • Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Newspapers) A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also string correspondent. [PJC]
  • 7. (Aviation) a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage. [PJC]