The action of stretching, extending, drawing tight, wrenching, etc.; the fact of being stretched, wrenched, etc.

The action of forcibly stretching or straining; strained state or condition. Stretching or pulling out to greater length. Obsolete.

Stretching, tension: = intension, n. 1. Obsolete.

The action or an act of stretching physically; the fact of being stretched. Forcible extension or dilatation; occasionally degree or amount of this.

The action of stretching, tension; straining. ? Obsolete.

The action of stretching longitudinally, straightening out, or placing at full length; extension; straining, racking. Now Obsolete or rare.

Violent stretching or extension. Obsolete.