| stretcher |  | |
| 1. n. One who, or that which, stretches. | |
| 2. n. A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person. | |
| 3. n. A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting. | |
| 4. n. A device to stretch shoes or gloves. | |
| 5. n. A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header). | |
| 6. n. (architecture) A piece of timber used in building. | |
| 7. n. (slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth. | |
| 8. n. (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet. | |
| 9. n. (nautical) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and gripped. | |
| 10. n. 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. | |
| 11. n. An instrument for stretching boots or gloves. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete) A penis, especially a long penis. | |
| 13. v. To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher. | |
