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Stretcher   /strˈɛtʃər/   Listen
noun
Stretcher  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, stretches.
2.
(Masonry) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.
3.
(Arch.) A piece of timber used in building.
4.
(Naut.)
(a)
A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
(b)
A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
5.
A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.
6.
An overstretching of the truth; a lie. (Slang)
7.
One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
8.
An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
9.
The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.





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"Stretcher" Quotes from Famous Books



... they let men bring in the wounded," said Rob. "But sometimes a nurse is allowed to go about trying to help the poor fellows as best she can until such time as a stretcher can reach them. Most of them are parched with thirst, and what they ask for first of all ...
— The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields • Lieut. Howard Payson
... perceptible change in his appearance, and he manifestly took as warm an interest in frightful accidents as ever. "What is it—what is it?" he asked eagerly, as Lizzie's pale face became visible in the bright light that shone from the inner office. "Do you want a stretcher?" ...
— The Garies and Their Friends • Frank J. Webb
... this moment, she made every effort to conjure up the vision of her brother brought home dead upon a stretcher, of her father's declining years, rendered hideous by the mind unhinged ...
— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy
... our friends, and stopped at the same hotel. Tom kept a lookout for Senor Pinto, but did not see him, and concluded that the Spaniard was ill, and would be carried ashore on a stretcher, perhaps. ...
— Tom Swift and his Big Tunnel - or, The Hidden City of the Andes • Victor Appleton
... Pill in silence. During which process several Exeter men caught sight of Edward, and came round him, and an animated discussion took place. They began with asking him how it had happened, and, as he never spoke in a hurry, supplied him with the answers. A stretcher had broken in the Exeter? No, but the Cambridge was a much better built boat, and her bottom cleaner. The bow oar of the Exeter was ill, and not fit for work. Each of these solutions was advanced and combated in turn, and then all together. At last the ...
— Hard Cash • Charles Reade


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