Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ambulance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ambulance
n : a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
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