bestretched

Adjective

bestretched (comparative more bestretched, superlative most bestretched)

1. (in-compounds, often, rare) Stretched out or across; extended.
   • 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, […]1859, William Bentley Fowle, The Free Speaker
   • 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.1864, Mrs. J.R. Beckwith, The Winthrops