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stretcherman

noun

Etymology

From stretcher + -man.

  1. derived from *(s)treg-✻
  2. inherited from *strakkjan✻ — “to stretch, make taut or tight”
  3. inherited from streċċan — “to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”
  4. inherited from strecchen
  5. formed as stretcher — “stretch + -er”
  6. suffixed as stretcherman — “stretcher + man”

Definitions

  1. A male stretcher-bearer.

  2. A man who maintains the tension on a measuring-tape while a chainman takes the…

    A man who maintains the tension on a measuring-tape while a chainman takes the measurement.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA