Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A horse-litter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A litter on which a person may be carried.
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- noun obsolete A
litter on which a person may be carried.
Etymologies
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Examples
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When they have been carried or have stiffly and slowly marched through the entrance to the train, the "brancard" cases are brought in and laid on the floor.
My War Experiences in Two Continents Betty Keays-Young [Editor] Salmon 1890
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With a sudden movement the man put the sinister carriage in motion, but when he had got it close to the door of the mortuary, he stopped a moment: -- "We have many compliments on our brancard," he said cheerfully.
The End of Her Honeymoon Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907
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One night a soldier, who is always drunk, was lying on a brancard in the doctor's own room, and no one seemed to mind.
My War Experiences in Two Continents Betty Keays-Young [Editor] Salmon 1890
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In the bell-loft, with other lumber, was an old 'stretcher,' very much less luxurious than the _brancard_ that is used in Paris for carrying the sick and wounded.
Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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_brancard_, with his canonical hat on his head, the snow fell fast and settled on his face and clothes, but he felt it not.
Olla Podrida Frederick Marryat 1820
qms commented on the word brancard
Miss Gurney is fallen and anchored
After one too many a tankard.
Is it fitter to fetch her
By litter or stretcher
Or summon an elegant brancard?
February 4, 2017