stretcher

• Sustantivo que designa un dispositivo o estructura para estirar, sujetar o soportar algo, como un bastidor para lienzo de pintura, un utensilio para ensanchar calzado, una camilla para transportar heridos o una piedra que forma la hilada superior de un muro.

A noun referring to a device or framework used for stretching or supporting something, such as a canvas for painting, a tool for enlarging items like shoes, a litter for carrying injured people, or a stone forming the top of a wall.

1. Painting supportB2formalart

   A wooden frame used to stretch and secure canvas for oil or acrylic painting.

   bastidor para lienzo

   • The artist prepared a new stretcher for the large canvas.
   • He bought several stretchers of different sizes for his studio.
   • The canvas was tightly fixed onto the wooden stretcher.

2. Stretching deviceB2formal

   A mechanical tool used to enlarge or shape items like shoes or gloves by stretching the material.

   Dispositivo estirador

   • She used a shoe stretcher to make the boots more comfortable.
   • The glove stretcher helped fit the leather gloves perfectly.
   • A hat stretcher can adjust the size of a felt hat.

   Sinónimosspreader

3. Medical litterB1formalmedical

   A portable device, often made of canvas stretched between two poles, used to carry injured, ill, or deceased individuals.

   Camilla

   • Paramedics carefully lifted the patient onto the stretcher.
   • The injured hiker was carried down the mountain on a stretcher.
   • They used a stretcher to transport the casualty to the ambulance.

   Sinónimoscotgurneylitter

4. Masonry stoneC1formalbritish

   A stone laid lengthwise in a wall, often forming the top course or bonding the structure.

   Soga (piedra)

   • The mason placed a stretcher stone along the top of the wall.
   • Stretcher stones are essential for the stability of the structure.
   • The wall was built using alternating stretcher and header stones.