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stretcher 1. a device for transporting the ill, wounded, or dead, consisting of a frame covered by canvas or other material 2. the wooden frame on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting 3. Rowing a fixed board across a boat on which an oarsman braces his feet stretcher [′strech·ər] (civil engineering) A brick or block that is laid with its length paralleling the wall. (medicine) A litter usually made of canvas stretched on a frame for carrying injured, disabled, or dead persons. (mining engineering) A bar used for roof support on roadways and which is either wedged against or pocketed into the sides of the roadway without support of legs or struts. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The three blacks who had been pulling started up the beach with a stretcher on their shoulders. Chilton that John Pendleton is at the foot of Little Eagle Ledge in Pendleton Woods with a broken leg, and to come at once with a stretcher and two men. They waded waist-deep in the grass, in a compact body, bearing an improvised stretcher in their midst. |
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