Meaning of bestretched | Babel Free

Definitions

Stretched out or across; extended.

in-compounds, often, rare

Examples

“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, […]”

“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.”

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

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