stretchernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstretʃ.ər/us/ˈstretʃ.ɚ/a light frame made from two long poles with a cover of soft material stretched between them, used for carrying people who are ill, injured, or dead:
She was carried off the track on a stretcher.
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