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hospital train

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noun

a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.

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Origin of hospital train

First recorded in 1870–75

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for hospital train

The hospital-train bore us with many interruptions and frequent side-trackings toward the Channel and "Blighty."
"Over There" with the Australians|R. Hugh Knyvett
When last I came to it I saw little, because I arrived in a motor-ambulance and left in a hospital-train.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider|W. H. L. Watson
The mother runs a hospital-train for the wounded in the intervals of hunting wolves.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan