stretcher

CEFRB1

/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/

noun

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Crutches are pretty tricky ... "Excuse me, stretcher coming through!"
This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room.
After all this has been done, the funeral-procession begins. The stretcher is borne to the burialplace by male persons, even when the deceased is a woman; this work is to be done carefully.

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This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room.
1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 153
After all this has been done, the funeral-procession begins. The stretcher is borne to the burialplace by male persons, even when the deceased is a woman; this work is to be done carefully.
1953, H.A.R. Gibb, J.H. Kramers, “Djināza”, in Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, E.J. Brill, published 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 90, column 1
The goal also cost the Blues the services of Luiz, who was injured in attempting to clear and was taken off on a stretcher and replaced by Gary Cahill.
2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC
There, characteristically, he refused to be carried on a stretcher, saying he was too heavy for nurses. He walked in with their support.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43
A twelve-by-fourteen canvas would not pin in his box, so he had to make a stretcher for it, and very neatly he made it, out of strips of butter-box.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 48

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From stretch + -er.