Definitions
Wheeled stretcher used for moving patients.
Word origin
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. For the surname, see Gurney.
Used in a sentence
“The death row convict was strapped into the gurney in order to be given the lethal injection.”
“I’m pretty sure I didn’t actively steer towards the tree, but… I don’t know. I just remember that wave of despair and then the EMTs pulling me out of the car and putting me on a gurney.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Hospital rolling stretcher”6 letters
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