'Stretcher' definitions:
Definition of 'stretcher'
From: WordNet
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A wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
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A mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
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A litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
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Definition of 'Stretcher'
From: GCIDE
- Stretcher \Stretch"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, stretches. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Masonry) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arch.) A piece of timber used in building. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Dana. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An overstretching of the truth; a lie. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. An instrument for stretching boots or gloves. [1913 Webster]
- 9. The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting. [1913 Webster]