Stokes basket
n.— «They got the Stokes basket down there, a kind of wire basket moulded to the shape of the body, and they floated me on that, then lifted me up and out.» —by Dennis Smith Firefighters: Their Lives in Their Own Words July 1, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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