stretcher

Definitions

• One who, or that which, stretches.
• A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
• A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
• A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
• A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header).
• (architecture) A piece of timber used in building.
• (slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
• (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet.
• (nautical) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and gripped.
• 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.
• An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
• (obsolete) A penis, especially a long penis.