AMBULANCE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps.

2.
n.

An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.


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