Meaning

noun a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting

noun a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it

noun a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles

originEtymology tree English stretch English -er English stretcher From stretch + -er.

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