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Webster 1913 Edition
Ambulance
Am′bu-lance
,Noun.
(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.