Stokes basket
n.— «The former liner Iroquois…is now being refitted as the Navy’s first hospital ship since World War I, bearing the name U.S.S. Solace. Injured men are brought aboard the vessel in Stokes basket.» —“Liner Iroquois Now Hospital Ship” Sheboygan Press (Wisc.) Sept. 8, 1941. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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