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Where does “gurney” come from?

Gurney comes from Gurney cab, a type of hansom cab named after the Gurney family who manufactured them in 19th-century England.

gurney (English): A stretcher having wheeled legs

Definitions

  1. A stretcher having wheeled legs

Ancestry of “gurney”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGurney cab—
Every word from English Gurney cab →