Stretcher : (noun) 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]
