Cacolet

/ˈkækəlɛt/ noun

A portable stretcher or carrying chair used to transport wounded soldiers or sick people over rough mountain terrain.

From French cacolet, origin disputed but possibly from a variant of 'caquois' or related to carrying. It became a standard military medical term for field transport in mountainous regions.

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