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Zimmer_frame

Zimmer frame

See also: zimmer frame

English

Noun

Zimmer frame (plural Zimmer frames)

  1. A walking frame.
    • 1988, Derick T Wade, Stroke: A Practical Guide:
      Aids, such as a Zimmer frame, walking stick, or foot-drop splint may be needed at some point by many patients.
    • 2006, Irina Metzler, Disability in Medieval Europe:
      These are three- or four-legged frames, on wheels, which remind one of a modern-day Zimmer frame.

Synonyms

zimmer_frame

zimmer frame

See also: Zimmer frame

English

Noun

zimmer frame (plural zimmer frames)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zimmer frame
    • 1998, Michael J Comer, Corporate Fraud
      the well-dressed, terminally ill defendant who stumbles into the dock, supported by a zimmer frame
    • 2004, M C Beaton, Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
      She was leaning on a zimmer frame, peering up at them from under a bird's nest of uncombed grey hair.