单词 | neil robertson |
释义 | Neil Robertsonn. In full Neil Robertson stretcher. A type of rigid, enclosed, protective stretcher into which a person may be strapped and moved in an upright position, esp. from a confined space. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > stretcher barrowc1300 cabin1587 shutter1843 stretcher1845 Neil Robertson1941 1941 N. Hammer Warwick & Tunstall's First Aid (ed. 18) xviii. 242 The Neil Robertson stretcher (the hammock stretcher) is made of split bamboo sewn onto stout canvas, on the principle of Gooch splinting. It surrounds and encloses the patient completely. 1959 Times 16 Mar. (Port of London Suppl.) p. xvi/3 All boats carry a Neil Robertson stretcher designed to remove casualties from such awkward places as the hold or engine room of a ship. 1967 J. Wainwright Worms must Wait lxii. 154 The ‘Neil-Robertson’ stretcher was a contraption of stout canvas, bamboo, leather straps, buckles and rope. Its purpose was..‘to lift casualties in any position through small hatches, man-holes, sewer ventilators and for lowering from heights’. 1974 P. McCutchan Call for Simon Shard xiv. 134 Tuball and his plastered leg safely strapped into a Neil Robertson stretcher with his crutches attached. 1989 R. Jolly Jackspeak 194 Neil-Robertson, a form of restraining stretcher that is winchable up a ship's side, or into a helicopter. 1995 Independent 12 Jan. 15/6 He was strapped into a Neil Robertson stretcher..and delivered..to the police at Portland on our arrival. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941 |
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