gurney (redirected from Gurney, Ivor (Bertie))

gur·ney  (gûrn)

n. pl. gur·neys

A metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients.

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[Probably after J. Theodore Gurney, American inventor who patented a type of wheeled horse-drawn cab in 1883.]

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gurney [ˈgɜːnɪ]

n

(Medicine) US a wheeled stretcher for transporting hospital patients

[of unknown origin]

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Gurney [ˈgɜːnɪ]

n

(Biographies / Gurney, Ivor (Bertie) (1890-1937) M, British, WRITING: poet, MUSIC: composer) Ivor (Bertie). 1890-1937, British poet and composer, noted esp for his songs and his poems of World War I

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Noun

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gurney - a metal stretcher with wheels         stretcher - a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles

Translations

gurney [ˈgɜːnɪ] N (US) → camilla f

gurney [ˈgɜːni] (US) n (in hospital) → lit m roulant

gurney

n (US) → (Trag)bahre f