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Webster 1913 Edition


Ambulance

Am′bu-lance

,
Noun.
[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.