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stretcher bar [′strech·ər ‚bär]

(mining engineering)

A single screw column, capable of holding one machine drill; used in small drifts.

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Walk up to just about any of Morris Louis's "Unfurled" paintings from the '60s and you'll be able to follow rivulets of paint up the canvas-covered stretcher bar.

Dia Center for the Arts, New York. (Reviews) by Rich, Sarah K. / Artforum International

Off to the left, a skein of rounded forms runs over the edge of the canvas, making the side of the stretcher bar into a weblike frame.

WILLIAM WILLIS by Frankel, David / Artforum International

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