stretcher
/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɚ/ noun B2- Someone or something that 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 (but least tall) side exposed.
- A piece of timber used in building.
- A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- A board against which a rower places his feet.
Plural stretchers
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Gregson had a stretcher and four men at hand.
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