A horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters.
A piece of timber used in building.
One who, or that which, stretches.
One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
A board against which a rower places his feet.
A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header).
To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.