ambuletten.
/ambjəˈlɛt/, U.S. /ˌæmbjəˈlɛt/ U.S.
A specially equipped van for transporting disabled and convalescent people.
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1945 N.Y. Med. 20 Sept. 30 (advt.) Our Ambulette looks just like any other car—you'd never know it's an Ambulance.
1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Nov. a1/3 The six women in Mrs. Graubert's group rarely see other people except when an ambulette picks them up and brings them to the hospital.
1999 A. Birenbaum Disability & Managed Care iv. 65 Ambulette services are expensive, and people with disabilities are also frequent users of health services.
2007 S. Mack in N. Casey Uncertain Inheritance 236 We mostly used ambulettes, whose drivers varied from caring to dangerous.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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