Ambulance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ambulance \Am"bu*lance\, n. [F. ambulance, h[^o]pital 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.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ambulance
       n : a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals