stretcher case en · NOUN
Meanings
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An injured person who needs to be carried on a stretcher.
We filled two cars with stretcher cases as they came up from the cellar of the post and as I shut the door of the second car and fastened it I felt the rain on my face turn to snow.
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 180:Each of the trains is fully equipped with cars for travelling staffs of nurses and doctors, kitchens, and wards for stretcher cases, sitting-up and mental cases.
1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, pages 315, 317:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stretcher cases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (2)
fi paaripotilas (injured who needs a stretcher) · pl ranna osoba (injured who needs a stretcher)