gurney

American  

[gur-nee] / ˈgɜr ni /

noun

plural

gurneys

1. a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.

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Gurney ¹ British  

/ ˈɡɜːnɪ /

noun

1. Ivor ( Bertie ). 1890–1937, British poet and composer, noted esp for his songs and his poems of World War I

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gurney ² British  

/ ˈɡɜːnɪ /

noun

1. a wheeled stretcher for transporting hospital patients

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Etymology

Origin of gurney

First recorded in 1935–40; of uncertain origin; perhaps after J. Theodore Gurney, American inventor, who invented a two-wheeled horse-drawn cab in 1883

Example Sentences

Two hours later, men in white uniforms rolled a gurney into Jonathan’s room.

From Literature

Fire paramedics can be seen taking Rees’ nephew in a gurney.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s said that he was dictating more criticism on the gurney that carried him to his final operation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new season doesn’t ease up on its episodic biopsies of bad policy results piling up on the gurneys lining the trauma center’s walls.

From Salon

An image published by state media on Monday showed a room in a main hospital in the city flooded with murky water and two patients seated on gurneys.

From Barron's

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