| 单词 | field pannier |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield pannier a. A large covered basket or case for holding surgical instruments, medicines, etc., usually one of a pair placed on either side of the back of a mule, etc. Also more fully field pannier. Now historical.Quot. 1895 refers to a presumed misapprehension by Sidney Herbert in 1854, although in fact Herbert was using pannier in a different sense (see quot. 1854 at sense 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > medicine chest, bag, etc. > [noun] > basket pannier1854 1854 Times 21 Feb. 10/2 The latter have supplied 12 large medicine chests and 30 panniers, to be carried on mules and donkeys, and neatly packed with every description of medical and surgical appliance. 1859 Times 14 Sept. 10/1 Improved medical field panniers... The baskets hitherto in use have been found deficient... The new panniers are like M. Houdini's inexhaustible bottle... By a simple contrivance, each pannier being furnished with a double lid, an excellent operating table may be..set up. 1895 E. Wood Crimea in 1854 & 1894 11 I suppose it would be difficult now to find any one in the House of Commons, who could mistake a medical pannier, i.e. a covered basket for holding surgical instruments and drugs, for an ambulance. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 431 Panniers,..the cases used for carrying medicines. 1992 R. A. Gabriel & K. S. Metz Hist. Mil. Med. III. v. 173 The regimental hospital [in the Crimea]..was equipped with only twelve beds with blankets and sheets, a medical chest, and a pannier for horse carriage of medical supplies. < as lemmas |
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