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stretcher
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Stretcher
(gcide) | Stretcher \Stretch"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, stretches.
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2. (Masonry) A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension
in the line of direction of the wall. --Gwilt.
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3. (Arch.) A piece of timber used in building.
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4. (Naut.)
(a) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against
which a rower braces his feet.
(b) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to
keep them apart when hoisted up and griped. --Dana.
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5. A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or
dead persons.
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6. An overstretching of the truth; a lie. [Slang]
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7. One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one
of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the
handle.
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8. An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
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9. The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.
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stretcher
(wn) | stretcher
n 1: a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed
for oil painting
2: a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes
or gloves) by stretching it
3: a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or
dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between
two poles
4: a stone that forms the top of wall or building [syn:
capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher] |
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