{i} litter for carrying the sick or wounded; person or thing that stretches; device that widens or extends; wooden framework on which canvas for a painting is stretched
If someone is stretchered somewhere, they are carried there on a stretcher. I was close by as Lester was stretchered into the ambulance. a type of bed used for carrying someone who is too injured or ill to walk. to carry someone on a stretcher be stretchered off/into etc
A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall
The feet of a rower are strapped in shoes that are mounted close to the toes on a footplate, which is connected (usually on three points) to the boat, the whole construction is called stretcher
A stretcher is a long piece of canvas with a pole along each side, which is used to carry an injured or sick person. The two ambulance attendants quickly put Plover on a stretcher and got him into the ambulance
A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped
a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
Small rope clamped to side edge of a back drop, then pulled outwards to stretch the cloth flat
a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it