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 ]

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