hospital train

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hospital train¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

He may run a special hospital train with doctors and nurses and emergency equipment.

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The mother runs a hospital-train for the wounded in the intervals of hunting wolves.

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Then came the hospital train, a wagon for each regiment in the Division, loaded with stores to establish a Division hospital.

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Met Mother Bickerdyke on the hospital train going North after supplies.

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I asked him how far the wounded had to be transported from here before they could be placed in a hospital train.

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