stretcher
noun
[ ˈstrɛtʃə ]
• a framework of two poles with a long piece of canvas slung between them, used for carrying sick, injured, or dead people.
• a wooden frame over which a canvas is spread and tautened ready for painting.
• a rod or bar joining and supporting chair legs.
• a brick or stone laid with its long side along the face of a wall.
• an exaggeration or lie.
stretcher
verb
• carry (a sick or injured person) somewhere on a stretcher.
• "their striker had to be stretchered off following a tackle"
