Pronunciation: /ˈstrɛtʃə/
noun
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1a framework of two poles with a long piece of canvas slung between them, used for carrying sick, injured, or dead people.
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2a wooden frame over which a canvas is spread and tautened ready for painting.
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[with modifier] a rod or frame used for expanding or tautening a specified thing: sail stretchers
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3a rod or bar joining and supporting chair legs.
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a board in a boat against which a rower presses the feet for support.
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4a brick or stone laid with its long side along the face of a wall. Compare with header (sense 3).
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5 archaic, informal an exaggeration or lie.
verb
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carry (a sick or injured person) somewhere on a stretcher: their striker had to be stretchered off following a tackle