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noun

Stretcher n.

One who, or that which, stretches.

(Masonry) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.

(Arch.) A piece of timber used in building.

(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.

A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.

An overstretching of the truth; a lie. (Slang)

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.

An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.

The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.

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"Stretcher" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the mairie, and asked for some one who would not be frightened to come with me. Two of us went off to the village for a stretcher. I found one at the old ambulance, and was just leaving it when I heard the scream of a shell, and took cover in the chimney—just in time. A big black brute smashed half the house in. My comrade and I hurried off after ...

— New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various

... recollection of the crash, not the slightest. I might have fallen as gently as a leaf. That is one thing to be thankful for among a good many others. When I came to, it was at once, completely. I knew that I was on a stretcher and remembered immediately exactly what had happened. My heart was going pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, and I could hardly breathe, but I had no sensation of pain except in my chest. This made me think that I had broken every bone in my body. I tried moving first one leg, then the other, then my arms, my ...

— High Adventure - A Narrative of Air Fighting in France • James Norman Hall

... new faces, and she saw Joe carried out on a canvas stretcher. Silverstein was buttoning the long overcoat and drawing the collar about her face. She felt the night air on her cheek, and looking up saw the clear, cold stars. She jammed into a seat. Silverstein was beside her. Joe was there, too, still ...

— The Game • Jack London

... spare. I cheered him with the hope of returning to meet us after we should have terminated our labours, and assured him that I considered his services on the duty I was about to send him as valuable and important as if he continued with me. He was lifted on his stretcher into the dray, and appeared gratified at the manner in which it had been arranged. I was glad to see that his feelings did not give way at this painful moment; on my ascending the dray, however, to bid ...

— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt

... came Rosmer Shank-stretcher, And thus in anger he began: "Full certainly there's hither come Some ...

— The Mermaid's Prophecy - and Other Songs Relating to Queen Dagmar • Anonymous

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