Crossword clues for bleacher
bleacher
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bleacher \Bleach"er\, n. One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, "one who bleaches," agent noun from bleach (v.). The "bench for spectators at a sports field" sense (usually bleachers) is attested since 1889, American English; so named because the boards were bleached by the sun.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who, or that which, bleaches. 2 (context US usually in the plural English) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators.
WordNet
n. a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
Wikipedia
In the United States, bleachers or stands are raised, tiered rows of benches found at sports fields and other spectator events. Stairways provide access to the horizontal rows of seats, often with every other step gaining access to a row of benches.
Benches range from simple planks to elaborate ones with backrests. Many bleachers are open to the ground below so that there are only the planks to sit and walk on. Some bleachers have vertical panels beneath the benches, either partially or completely blocking the way to the ground.
Usage examples of "bleacher".
She walked off the gym floor, taking the bleacher steps two at a time to sit next to Maury.
Alexander Jones, plenipotentiary of the Interbeing League to the planet Toka, came through the bleacher entrance.
As they pull into the driveway, the women whoop and wave like crazy people from their elevated deck seats, delirious as bleacher fans late in the second game of a long doubleheader.
On Friday nights, the entire town of Messina waited for the gate to open, then rushed to the bleachers where seats were claimed and nervous pregame rituals were followed.
The roar of a long-ago crowd came back, a crowd packed tightly together up there, in the bleachers, with the band in the center of things blaring away with its endless renditions of the Spartan fight song.
Rake had coached hundreds of games, and looked again at the silent bleachers where ten thousand people once gathered on Friday nights to pour their emotions upon a high school football team.
Bo Michael on the public address, and the deafening sound of the bleachers rattling as the fans jumped up and down.
He climbed up thirty rows and sat all alone in the bleachers, high above Rake Field with a view of the valley to the east.
The steeple on the far left belonged to the Methodist church, and a block behind it, unseen from the bleachers, was a handsome two-story home the town had given to Eddie Rake on his fiftieth birthday.
He walked around the end zone and down the track and as he stepped up to the bleachers he noticed Neely and Curry sitting higher, watching every move he made.
Jaeger was now climbing up the bleachers, wearing his green game jersey with the number 5 in white with silver trim, tucked tightly into his jeans.
Hubcap, and Amos Kelso lumbered down the bleachers, the metal steps rattling as they descended.
Jaeger turned through a gate and started up the bleachers, twenty rows, then along the top rail, then down twenty rows to the next section.
During the third round of bleachers, he collapsed between the third and fourth rows on the home side, and never regained consciousness.
But he was dead in the bleachers, and he was certainly dead when he finally arrived at the hospital.