English

Noun

Zimmer frame ‎(plural Zimmer frames)

1. A walking frame.
   • 1988, Derick T Wade, Stroke: A Practical Guide:

     Aids, such as a Zimmer frame, walking stick, or foot-drop splint may be needed at some point by many patients.

   • 2006, Irina Metzler, Disability in Medieval Europe:

     These are three- or four-legged frames, on wheels, which remind one of a modern-day Zimmer frame.

Synonyms

• walker
• walking frame

English

Noun

zimmer frame ‎(plural zimmer frames)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Zimmer frame
   • 1998, Michael J Comer, Corporate Fraud

     the well-dressed, terminally ill defendant who stumbles into the dock, supported by a zimmer frame‎

   • 2004, M C Beaton, Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate

     She was leaning on a zimmer frame, peering up at them from under a bird's nest of uncombed grey hair.‎