Spreader

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Spreader can refer to:

  • Spreader (railroad), 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), an attachment to a sailboat's mast that changes the angle of shrouds
  • Spreader bar, a BDSM bondage device
  • Spar, the particular one on the mast of a sail boat leading a shroud to the mast head and aiding in controlling mast bend