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[ strech-er ] / ˈstrɛtʃ ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stretcher ON THESAURUS.COM
nounMedicine/Medical. - a kind of litter, often of canvas stretched on a frame, for carrying the sick, wounded, or dead.
- a similar litter on wheels, adapted for use in ambulances and hospitals.
a person or thing that stretches. any of various instruments for extending, widening, distending, etc. a bar, beam, or fabricated material, serving as a tie or brace. Masonry. a brick or stone laid in a wall so that its longer edge is exposed or parallel to the surface.Compare header (def. 5a). a simple wooden framework on which the canvas for an oil painting is stretched. Furniture. - a framework connecting and bracing the legs of a piece of furniture.
- one member of this framework.
a crosspiece that is set athwart and near the bottom in a small boat, and against which the feet of a rower are braced. one of the thin, sliding rods connecting the canopy and handle of an umbrella. verb (used with object)to stretch (canvas for a painting) on a stretcher. Origin of stretcherFirst recorded in 1375–1425, stretcher is from the late Middle English word stretcher.See stretch, -er1 Words nearby stretcherstress-timed, stress ulcers, stress urinary incontinence, stretch, stretch a point, stretcher, stretcher-bearer, stretchie, stretching course, stretch limo, stretch mark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stretcherAnd the next time his friend saw Moses, it was online; his bloody body was slapped on a stretcher. Alleged Cop Killer’s Blood-Soaked Screenplay|M.L. Nestel|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST They carry it like a stretcher, though they're missing one stretcher-bearer. Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Paramedics now headed into the shop with a stretcher to aid the gunman. Brooklyn Shooting Hits Close to Bill de Blasio’s Park Slope Home|Michael Daly|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was a stretcher near their position— someone had brought it out earlier and leaned it up near the truck. Ty Carter Awarded Medal of Honor|David Eisler, Jake Tapper|August 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Prep work now short- circuited, Carter kicked the ammo cans out of the way and snatched up the stretcher. Ty Carter Awarded Medal of Honor|David Eisler, Jake Tapper|August 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST On Lakes, fishing from a boat, you may have six or eight, or even more flies upon a stretcher. The Teesdale Angler|R Lakeland Beaver are split but stretched round and should be left in the hoop or stretcher for several days. Fur Farming|A. R. Harding Already the Indians were preparing a stretcher out of blankets and two saplings. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail|Ralph Connor Plank, standing beside the stretcher, raised his head, listening to the ambulance arriving at full speed. The Fighting Chance|Robert W. Chambers All right, said Florence complacently, but now please cant I be carried on a stretcher? Winona of the Camp Fire|Margaret Widdemer
British Dictionary definitions for stretcher
nouna device for transporting the ill, wounded, or dead, consisting of a frame covered by canvas or other material a strengthening often decorative member joining the legs of a chair, table, etc the wooden frame on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting a tie beam or brace used in a structural framework a brick or stone laid horizontally with its length parallel to the length of a wallCompare header (def. 4) rowing a fixed board across a boat on which an oarsman braces his feet Australian and NZ a camp bed slang an exaggeration or lie verb (tr)to transport (a sick or injured person) on a stretcher Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stretchercot, pallet, litter, bed, gurney, dooly Medical definitions for stretcher
n.A litter, usually of canvas stretched over a frame, used to transport the sick, wounded, or dead. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |