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.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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