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Ambulance
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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. An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.