hospital train

noun

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

Origin of hospital train

First recorded in 1870–75

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Historical Examples of hospital train

The mother runs a hospital-train for the wounded in the intervals of hunting wolves.
My War Experiences in Two Continents
Sarah Macnaughtan
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