astretch
Stretched out, extendedStretched out, extended.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Stretched out, extended.
1912, Saki (H. H. Munro), “The Music on the Hill” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 153, Astretch in a pool of mud was an enormous sow,
(not comparable)Straining to perceive, alert (of sensory organs or mental faculties).
Origin
From a- + stretch.From a- + stretch.
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