Gurney definition
A metal stretcher with wheeled legs, used for transporting patients.
noun
A stretcher or cot on wheels, used in hospitals to move patients.
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Singular:
gurney
Plural:
gurneysOrigin of gurney
- Probably after J. Theodore Gurney , American inventor who patented a type of wheeled horse-drawn cab in 1883
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Unknown. Possibly from Gurney cab, a type of horse-drawn cab on wheels named after Theodore Gurney, the US inventor credited with creating and patenting it in about 1883.
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