English Explanatory Dictionary

gurney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stretcher having wheeled legs.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gurney.wav

Word forms

gurney gurneys

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Gurney cab, a type of horse-drawn cab on wheels named after Theodore Gurney, the US inventor credited with creating and patenting it in about 1883. For the surname, see Gurney.

Synonyms

trolley

Derived words

Farrington Gurney Gurney flap
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