first-aid box

English

Noun

first-aid box (plural first-aid boxes)

1. A box containing first aid and medical supplies.
   • 1940 December, Charles E. Lee, “The Wenford Mineral Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 643:

     It consists exclusively of loose-coupled open mineral wagons and a guard's brake van; owing to the isolation of the branch the last-named is equipped with a first aid box and a jack, to enable any emergency to be dealt with rapidly.

Related terms

• first aid kit

Translations

box containing first aid and medical supplies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 急救包 (zh) (jíjiùbāo)

• Czech: lékárnička (cs) f
• Danish: førstehjælpskasse c, forbindskasse c, forbindingskasse c, medicinkasse c
• Finnish: ensiapulaatikko
• French: trousse de secours (fr) f
• German: Erste-Hilfe-Kasten (de) m
• Icelandic: sáraumbúðakassi (is) m
• Japanese: 救急箱 (きゅうきゅうばこ, kyūkyūbako)
• Luxembourgish: Verbandskëscht f
• Polish: apteczka (pl) f
• Russian: апте́чка (ru) f (aptéčka)
• Scottish Gaelic: bogsa a' chiad-fhuasglaidh
• Spanish: botiquín m, kit de primeros auxilios m
• Swedish: förbandslåda (sv) c, husapotek (sv) n