plural stretchers
: a device that is made of a long piece of thick cloth stretched between two poles and that is used for carrying an injured or dead person
They carried her out to the ambulance on a stretcher.
stretchers; stretchered; stretchering
British
: to carry (someone) on a stretcher
—often used as (be) stretchered
The injured player was stretchered off the field.
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“Stretcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/stretcher. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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