a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure |
a stone that forms the top of wall or building | an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes |
a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it | a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) |
a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting | a layer of material that encloses space |
| (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure |
| anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect |
| a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) |
| a difficult or awkward situation |