portantina

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Italian

Noun

portantina f (plural portantine)

  1. sedan chair (chair raised on poles used as a mode of transport)
  2. litter (bed or couch raised on poles used as a mode of transport)
  3. (medicine) stretcher
  4. female equivalent of portantino, litter-bearer, stretcher-bearer

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