stretcher (redirected from stretchering)

stretch·er  (strchr)

n.

1. A litter, usually of canvas stretched over a frame, used to transport the sick, wounded, or dead.

2. One that stretches, such as the wooden framework on which canvas is stretched for an oil painting.

3. A usually horizontal tie beam or brace serving to support or extend a framework.

4. A brick or stone laid parallel to the face of a wall so that only its long side is showing.

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stretcher [ˈstrɛtʃə]

n

1. (Medicine) a device for transporting the ill, wounded, or dead, consisting of a frame covered by canvas or other material

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a strengthening often decorative member joining the legs of a chair, table, etc.

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the wooden frame on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a tie beam or brace used in a structural framework

5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a brick or stone laid horizontally with its length parallel to the length of a wall Compare header [4]

6. (Team Sports / Rowing) Rowing a fixed board across a boat on which an oarsman braces his feet

7. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) Austral and NZ a camp bed

8. Slang an exaggeration or lie

vb (tr)

(Medicine) to transport (a sick or injured person) on a stretcher

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See: litter.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stretcher - a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting framework - a structure supporting or containing something
	2.	stretcher - a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
	3.	stretcher - a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles gurney - a metal stretcher with wheels litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
	4.	stretcher - a stone that forms the top of wall or building coping stone, capstone, copestone stone - building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site" wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"

Translations

stretcher [ˈstretʃəʳ]

A. N

1. (Med) → camilla f

2. (Tech) (for gloves etc) → ensanchador m; (for canvas) → bastidor m

3. (Archit) → soga f

B. VT (Med) → llevar en camilla

C. CPD stretcher bearer N → camillero/a m/f
stretcher case N enfermo o herido que tiene que ser llevado en camilla
stretcher party N → equipo m de camilleros

stretcher away VT + ADV → retirar en camilla, llevarse en camilla

stretcher off VT + ADV → retirar en camilla

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stretcher [ˈstrɛtʃə^r] n → brancard m, civière f
stretcher-bearer [ˈstrɛtʃə^rbɛərə^r] n → brancardier m
stretch limo n → limousine f extralongue
stretch marks npl → vergetures fpl

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stretcher

n

(Med) → (Trag)bahre f

(for shoes, gloves) → Spanner m; (Art, for canvas) → Rahmen m

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stretcher:

stretcher-bearer

n → Krankenträger(in) m(f)

stretcher case

n → Kranke(r) mf → /Verletzte(r) mf, → der/die nicht gehen kann; (Mil) → Schwerverwundete(r) mf, → schwer Verwundete(r) mf; by the time I’ve finished this work I’ll be a stretcher (hum) → bis ich diese Arbeit fertig habe, bin ich krankenhausreif (inf)

stretcher party

n → Team nt → von Krankenträgern

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stretcher [ˈstrɛtʃəʳ] n (Med) → barella

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stretcher [ˈstrɛtʃəʳ] n (Med) → barella

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stretcher → نقالة nosítka båre Tragbahre φορείο camilla paarit brancard nosila barella 担架 들것 stretcher (syke)båre nosze maca носилки bår เปลหาม sedye cái cáng thương 担架