bestretched

comparative more bestretched · superlative most bestretched

1. in compoundsoftenrareStretched out or across; extended.

   Australian beef and plates, the remnant of our sailors' last feed before they turned into their sail-covered oar-bestretched tent.

   1890, Walter J. Clutterbuck, The Skipper in Arctic Seas

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   A passer-by, who wished to try the wit Of the three gazers, by a lucky hit, Thought of a question, took each man aside, As each his eyes and mouth bestretched so wide, That had they frozen stiff, as well they might, […]

   1859, William Bentley Fowle, The Free Speaker

   It was impossible to exist in a dressed-up state after ten o'clock in the morning, and occasionally opened doors afforded brief glimpses of indefinite supplies of floor-bestretched beauty not adorned too much.

   1864, Mrs. J.R. Beckwith, The Winthrops