A yard. The cove was lagged for prigging a peter with several stretch of dobbin from a drag; the fellow was transported for stealing a trunk, containing several yards of ribband, from a waggon.
·noun The extent to which anything may be stretched. II. Stretch ·noun Course; direction; as, the s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A word frequently used instead of tack; as, "We shall make a good stretch." ♦ To stretch. To sail ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
In rowing, is the order to pull strong; to bend forward to the utmost. ...
To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it. ...