stretcher

Universal Words noun, verb noun a long piece of strong fabric with a pole on each side, used for carrying sb who is sick or injured and who cannot walk: He was carried off on a stretcher. * stretcher cases (= people too badly injured to be able to walk) verb [VN+adv./prep.] [usuallypassive] to carry sb somewhere on a stretcher: He was stretchered off the pitch with a broken leg. * She was stretchered into the waiting ambulance.