zimmer

Kazuo Ishiguroの "The Unconsoled" を読んでいます。

For the next few moments, Brodsky continued to stand crouched over the ironing board, not moving, his gaze fixed on the conductor's podium. I realised he was measuring the distance to the podium, and indeed, the next instant, he began his journey. He proceeded by lifting the entire frame of the ironing board and banging it down again in the manner of a zimmer, dragging his single leg after it.

"zimmer" の意味を調べます。

・Free Dictionary: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk; [syn: walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame]
・Vocabulary.com: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
・Dictionary.com: trademark another name for walker; Also called: Zimmer frame

足の不自由の人のための歩行補助器で、固有名詞からの英国英語ですね。