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Spreader
 
  Spreader can refer to:

  • Spreader (railroad)
    Spreader (railroad)

    Spreader, a kind of maintenance of way equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles. The spreader would spread gravel along the railroad ties....
    , a kind of maintenance of way equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles
  • Hydraulic spreader, a tool used by emergency crews in vehicle extrication
  • Spreader (sailboat)
    Spreader (sailboat)

    A spreader is a spar on a sailboat used to deflect the Shroud to allow them to better support the mast. The spreader or spreaders serve much the same purpose as the crosstrees and top in a traditional sailing vessel....
    , an attachment to a sailboat's mast that changes the angle of shrouds
  • Spreader bar
    Spreader bar

    A spreader bar is a physical restraint used in bondage play. It is a stiff bar typically two to three foot long, though some can wikt:telescope to varying lengths, with attachment points for bondage cuffs at each end....
    , a BDSM bondage device
  • Spar
    Spar

    In sailing, a spar is a round pole of timber or metal used on a sailing ship. In modern usage it often refers to the Mast , but historically the term was used more broadly to refer to the various Boom s, gaffs, yardarm, etc., of heavily "sparred" wooden ships....
    , the particular one on the mast of a sail boat leading a shroud to the mast head and aiding in controlling mast bend
  • Spreader (lifting), a lifting device used to distribute forces appropriately for structural or interference reasons, see for examples
  • Fertiliser Spreaders, an agricultural machinery