stretcher

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stretcher /ˈstrɛ tʃər/ ?

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(n) a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
(n) a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
(n) a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
(n) a stone that forms the top of wall or building

Iraqi police, Caldwell said, were the first on the scene, and they put al-Zarqawi onto a stretcher.
The medics cart Palmer out on a stretcher.
I climbed up on the stretcher and looked straight down at him.

"It was real hard," cornerback Terrence McGee said. "I watched the whole thing and he never moved. . . . It's real sad to see him go off on a stretcher, but we hope he's okay."
on Sep 10, 2007 By: Terrence McGee Source: Washington Post
"The good thing is we saw him moving. Definitely from that indication, things weren't going to be too bad," said teammate Terence Newman, who spoke to Ware while he was being loaded on the cart. "But the fact you're taken off on a stretcher,...
on Dec 13, 2009 By: Terence Newman Source: ESPN
The dirt, "was all in my eyes, in my mouth," Hinske said. "I was OK. In my mind, unless you've got to carry me off on a stretcher (he'll play). I don't get the chance to play that often."
on May 17, 2007 By: Eric Hinske Source: USA Today