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Dressing station   /drˈɛsɪŋ stˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Dressing station

noun
1.
(military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded.  Synonym: aid station.






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"Dressing station" Quotes from Famous Books



... turn out of the main road, and the endless columns pass away into the distance. Again, a railway line in process of doubling; beyond, a village, which seems to be mainly occupied by an Army Medical detachment; then two large Casualty Clearing Stations, and a Divisional Dressing Station. Not many wounded here at present; the section of the line from which we are only some ten miles distant has been comparatively quiet of late. But what preparations everywhere! What signs of the coming storm! Hardly a minute passes as we speed along without ...
— Towards The Goal • Mrs. Humphry Ward



Words linked to "Dressing station" :   armed forces, military, armed services, first-aid station, war machine, military machine, aid station



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