a framework of two poles with a long piece of canvas slung between them, used for carrying sick, injured, or dead people

a wooden frame over which a canvas is spread and tautened ready for painting

a rod or bar joining and supporting chair legs

a brick or stone laid with its long side along the face of a wall

an exaggeration or lie

carry (a sick or injured person) somewhere on a stretcher

their striker had to be stretchered off following a tackle