Definition of Stretcher

1. Noun. A wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting.

Generic synonyms: Framework

2. Noun. A mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it.
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
Derivative terms: Stretch

3. Noun. A litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles.
Specialized synonyms: Gurney
Generic synonyms: Litter

4. Noun. A stone that forms the top of wall or building.
Exact synonyms: Capstone, Copestone, Coping Stone
Generic synonyms: Stone
Group relationships: Wall

Definition of Stretcher

1. n. One who, or that which, stretches.

Definition of Stretcher

1. Noun. A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person. ¹

2. Noun. A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting. ¹

3. Noun. A device to stretch shoes or gloves. ¹

4. Noun. A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header). ¹

5. Noun. A lie. ¹

6. Noun. (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet ¹

7. Noun. penis, especially a long penis ¹

8. Verb. to carry (an injured person) on a stretcher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stretcher

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stretcher

stretch marks
stretch one's legs
stretch out
stretch pants
stretch receptor
stretch reflex
stretch the truth
stretchabilities
stretchability
stretchable
stretchably
stretched
stretched out
stretched the truth
stretchedness
stretcher-bearer
stretcher party
stretchered
stretchering
stretchers
stretches
stretches out
stretches the truth
stretchest
stretcheth
stretchier
stretchiest
stretchily
stretchiness

Literary usage of Stretcher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
""Below the stretcher bar В is arranged a rotary separating brush, F, which is supported in oscillating arms f, that are guided by pins f, in arc-shape slots ..."

2. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"canvas bottom, a pillow, two self-locking traverses, which lock under the stretcher and keep it open. There are four wheels of lignum vita, ..."

3. The Immediate care of the injured by Albert Sidney Morrow (1912)
"Some of the many stretchers that may be improvised are made as follows: The Blanket Stretcher.—Two strong poles should be cut to the proper length—narrow ..."

4. Railway Signal Engineering (mechanical) by Leonard P. Lewis (1912)
"Stretcher Rod end for connecting to Point Hod Stretcher Rod end ordinary. Swan neck for Detector Slide. FIG. 93. heel to the full-sized rail by means of ..."

5. Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States by Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Meeting (1905)
"The writer concluded that if a stretcher could be devised that would fairly meet these two tests, ... Patient in Apron Stretcher being lifted out of turret. ..."

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