AMBULANCE

ambulance

(noun) a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ambulance (plural ambulances)

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

(military) A mobile field hospital. [1798]

(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon. [Late 19c.]

Verb

ambulance (third-person singular simple present ambulances, present participle ambulancing, simple past and past participle ambulanced)

(transitive) To transport by ambulance.

Source: Wiktionary

Am"bu*lance, n. Etym: [F. ambulance, hôpital ambulant, fr. L. ambulare to walk. See Amble.] (Mil.) (a) 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. (b) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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