Stretcher - Definition
stretcher
n 1: a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed
for oil painting
2: a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes
or gloves) by stretching it
3: a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or
dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between
two poles
4: a stone that forms the top of wall or building [syn:
capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher]