well-stretched
- a word derived from stretch.
Example Sentences
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Although decreased in bulk, she retains an excellent look of health; her round belly and her well-stretched skin tell us from the first that her part is not yet wholly played.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The frame of the snow-shoes is made of wood, the cross-pieces are of strong and well-stretched thongs.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
The tent shone white beneath the sun, and not a wrinkle marred the smoothness of the well-stretched canvas.
From If Any Man Sin by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)
In a private house, nothing can be better than a smooth, well-stretched holland, with the carpet beneath.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George
This was a well-stretched, dried horse-hide, with a lasso attached at one end to the head or fore-part of the hide and the other end to the gaucho's horse, as a rule to the surcingle.
From Far Away and Long Ago by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
