Meanings
nounclearing station (plural clearing stations)
plural clearing stations
- governmentA temporary field hospital to treat and classify the sick and wounded.
‘The orders are that we stay here. You clear the wounded from here to the clearing station.’
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 181Synonyms: clearing hospital
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA temporary field hospital to treat and classify the sick and wounded.
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clearing hospital
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