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stretcher
This term primarily evokes a sense of urgency and medical care, specifically the physical act of transporting a non-ambulatory person. It carries a clinical connotation, often associated with emergency services, hospitals, and rescue operations.
In technical contexts, the word shifts from a tool of rescue to a tool of precision. Whether in art or masonry, it describes the mechanism of tension and structural alignment, focusing on the stability and tautness of a surface or wall.
Meanings
Examples
The paramedics carefully lifted the patient onto the stretcher.
Get the stretcher ready and move it toward the ambulance.
He lay motionless on a stretcher as they rushed him to the emergency room.
I need a larger stretcher for this canvas to keep the edges tight.
The artist carefully pulled the fabric over the wooden stretcher.
The canvas is warping because the stretcher is not strong enough.
The wall was constructed using a combination of headers and stretchers.
The wall was constructed using a combination of headers and stretchers.
A stretcher is a brick laid with its long side parallel to the face of the wall.