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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

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

• capstone
• copestone
• coping stone

News & Articles

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• First Line Technology Announces AmbuBus® Bus Stretcher Conversion Kit™ Giveaway
  CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Line Technology is giving away an AmbuBus Bus Stretcher Conversion Kit to one lucky (and deserving!) organization. Nominations accepted until Aug. 18 only on Facebook. www.ambubusgiveaway.com
  June 18, 2013 - Business Wire
• Rays' Cobb leaves game on stretcher after line drive to the head
  The worst kind of baseball accident has happened again: Rays starter Alex Cobb exited Tropicana Field on a stretcher Saturday afternoon after a line drive off the bat of the Royals’ Eric Hosmer struck the pitcher in the right ear, knocking Cobb to the ground.
  June 16, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Alex Cobb Hit by Line Drive, Taken Off Field On Stretcher
  Tampa Bay right-hander Alex Cobb was hit with a line drive and rushed off the field on a stretcher during the Rays win over the Royals on Saturday. While the Rays won the match 5-3, all eyes were on Cobb after the line drive by Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer hit him in the right ear. Cobb... Read more » Alex Cobb Hit by Line Drive, Taken Off Field On Stretcher is a post from: The Inquisitr
  June 16, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Terrence McGee in Washington Post
  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."
• Terence Newman in ESPN
  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,...
• Eric Hinske in USA Today
  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."