Stretcher - English meaning

noun

A framework of two poles with a long piece of canvas slung between them, used for carrying sick, injured, or dead people.

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At any time of the day or night, a tall raf corporal would be seen helping to carry a stretcher con…

noun

A wooden frame over which a canvas is spread and tautened ready for painting.

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It was credible for the wall to look thickly mortared, but not for the wooden stretchers of a canva…

noun

A rod or bar joining and supporting chair legs.

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Chairs imported from new england, particularly boston, influenced the design of this chair, especia…

noun

A brick or stone laid with its long side along the face of a wall.

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To understand the following patterns, you'll want to know that stretchers are brick laid lengthwise…

noun

An exaggeration or lie.

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Mark twain is quoted: "mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as i said before."

verb

Carry (a sick or injured person) somewhere on a stretcher.

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Their striker had to be stretchered off following a tackle