gurney

[ gur-nee ]
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noun,plural gur·neys.
  1. a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.

Origin of gurney

1
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

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British Dictionary definitions for gurney (1 of 2)

gurney

/ (ˈɡɜːnɪ) /


noun
  1. US a wheeled stretcher for transporting hospital patients

Origin of gurney

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C20: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for Gurney (2 of 2)

Gurney

/ (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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