Stretcher
['stretʃə] or ['strɛtʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles.
(noun.) a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it.
(noun.) a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting.
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, stretches.
(n.) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.
(n.) A piece of timber used in building.
(n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
(n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
(n.) A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.
(n.) An overstretching of the truth; a lie.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
(n.) The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.
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Examples
- There was another stretcher by the side with a man on it whose nose I could see, waxy-looking, out of the bandages. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- At the post on the top they took the stretcher out and put another in and we went on. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We went for a stretcher but there wasn't any. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They lifted me from the stretcher. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- That's the stretcher, or the shutter, whichever of the two they are carrying,' said Miss Abbey, with experienced ear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The stretcher-bearers saluted and said thank you. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Stretcher-bearers came in all the time, put their stretchers down, unloaded them and went away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The two stretcher-bearers stood beside the bed holding their caps. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Get out of here, the major said to the two stretcher-bearers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After a while the English ambulance came up and they put me onto a stretcher and lifted the stretcher up to the ambulance level and shoved it in. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Stretcher-bearers came in all the time, put their stretchers down, unloaded them and went away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There were stretchers lifted and slid into the slings above. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When the frame has been bolted to the legs, stretchers or braces are placed within. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There were not enough stretchers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Andreu Nin saw men carrying the long poles of stretchers over their shoulders. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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