stretchers

Noun

• a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
• a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
• a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
• a stone that forms the top of wall or building
• plural of stretcher

Synonyms

capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher