ambulance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals

WordNet

Am"bu*lance noun
Etymology
F. ambulance, hôpital ambulant, fr. L. ambulare to walk. See Amble.
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) (a) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps. (b) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.

Webster 1913