Medicine/Medical .

a kind of litter, often of canvas stretched on a frame, for carrying the sick, wounded, or dead.

a similar litter on wheels, adapted for use in ambulances and hospitals.

a person or thing that stretches.

any of various instruments for extending, widening, distending, etc.

a bar, beam, or fabricated material, serving as a tie or brace.

Masonry . a brick or stone laid in a wall so that its longer edge is exposed or parallel to the surface. Compare header ( def. 5a ) .

a simple wooden framework on which the canvas for an oil painting is stretched.

Furniture .

a framework connecting and bracing the legs of a piece of furniture.

one member of this framework.

a crosspiece that is set athwart and near the bottom in a small boat, and against which the feet of a rower are braced.

one of the thin, sliding rods connecting the canopy and handle of an umbrella.

to stretch (canvas for a painting) on a stretcher.

noun

bed , cot , dooly , gurney , litter