bestretched
English edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of bestretch, corresponding to bestretch + -ed; or from be- + stretched.
Adjective edit
bestretched (comparative more bestretched, superlative most bestretched)
- (rare, often in combination) stretched out or across; extended.
- 1859, William Bentley Fowle, The Free Speaker:
- 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, […]
- 1864, Mrs. J.R. Beckwith, The Winthrops:
- 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.
- 1890, Walter J. Clutterbuck, The Skipper in Arctic Seas:
- Australian beef and plates, the remnant of our sailors' last feed before they turned into their sail-covered oar-bestretched tent.