"field ambulance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: field ambulances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} field ambulance (plural field ambulances)
  1. (British and Commonwealth, chiefly historical) A military mobile medical facility set up on or near the battlefield in order to provide initial medical treatment to the wounded. Tags: British, Commonwealth, historical

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