lazaretto
noun
a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
lazaret,
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a variation of
lazaretto.
Example Sentences
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"Most likely only another tin skimmer of a yacht," suggested the mate, tossing the eye-splice and the marline-spike into the open hatch of the lazaret.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
Martin's upward ranging gaze, as he clambered out of the lazaret, saw, through the open cabin skylights, the blue sky and the sunshine sparkling upon brass fixtures.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
The bulkhead shutting off the lazaret was obviously behind it, and Jimmy began to use the shovel.
From The Secret of the Reef by Harold Bindloss
Astrakhan has for some years had a lazaret on the mouths of the Volga at seventy-five versts from its walls.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
Though placed in such propinquity to Constantinople, the Odessa lazaret may serve as a model of its kind, and the excellence of the system observed in it is proved by the happy results obtained.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
