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civière — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bier noun A stand or frame used to carry a coffin or a dead body.
  • gurney noun A wheeled stretcher used to move patients in a hospital.
  • stretcher noun A flat frame used to carry an injured or sick person.

Senses

civière is used for these senses in English:

  • bier A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
  • gurney (US) A stretcher having wheeled legs.
  • stretcher A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.

Related French words