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   stretcher

   /ˈstrɛtʃə/

   noun

   • 1. a framework of two poles with a long piece of canvas slung between them, used for carrying sick, injured, or dead people.
   • 2. a wooden frame over which a canvas is spread and tautened ready for painting.
   • ▪ a rod or frame used for expanding or tautening a specified thing: "sail stretchers"
   • 3. a rod or bar joining and supporting chair legs.
   • ▪ a board in a boat against which a rower presses the feet for support.
   • 4. a brick or stone laid with its long side along the face of a wall.
   • 5. an exaggeration or lie. archaic, informal

   verb

   • 1. carry (a sick or injured person) somewhere on a stretcher: "their striker had to be stretchered off following a tackle"

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