Sick-wagon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sick-wagon is a noun meaning (historical) a covered wagon used to convey or transport those who are sick in a wagon train.
Meaning
(historical) a covered wagon used to convey or transport those who are sick in a wagon train.
More Meanings
- (dated) a vehicle used to convey or transport those who are sick or injured
- (rare, nonstandard) a (modern) ambulance
Example Sentences
John and George went on the sick wagon (kranken wagen) the first day.
The sick-wagon appeared only a silver dot in the crimsoning distance. Except for her son, the black woman was along in the wagon.
They operated a carrying service from “sick wagon” to “hospital” for those patients with infected feet who could not stand and for those who were too weak to walk.
The soldiers brought a sick wagon (ambulance), and four soldiers put Big Foot on two gray blankets like the soldiers have and they carried him and put him in the sick wagon.
Word Forms
- sick-wagons
- sick-waggon
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ambulance, wagonette, chug-wagon, chugwagon, waggonette, meatwagon.
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