brancard

A patient is carefully placed onto a brancard by two medical attendants.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A stretcher or litter: A "brancard" is a type of stretcher used for carrying sick or injured people, especially in military or emergency contexts. It is typically a light, portable frame with a canvas or fabric sling.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The wounded soldier was carried on a brancard to the field hospital. (A stretcher used for transporting the injured.)
  • The rescue team used a brancard to evacuate the hiker from the mountain. (A portable stretcher for emergency transport.)

Advanced Usage

• "brancardier": A person who carries a brancard, such as a stretcher-bearer in a medical or military unit.
  • The brancardiers worked tirelessly to move the casualties. (Stretcher-bearers performed their duty.)

Variants and Related Words

• Brancardier (n): a stretcher-bearer.
  • Each brancardier was trained to handle the brancard carefully. (A person who carries a brancard.)

Synonyms

• Stretcher: a simple frame for carrying a sick or injured person.
• Litter: a bed or stretcher carried on poles, used for transporting the sick or wounded.
• Cacolet: a type of litter used on pack animals for transporting injured people.

Related Idioms

• (No common idioms or phrasal verbs are associated with "brancard," as it is a specialized, technical term.)