sick bay
noun
a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
Origin of sick bay
1First recorded in 1805–15
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How to use sick bay in a sentence
The young fellow was not a fool, and while in the sickbay had thought matters over a good deal.
At Aboukir and Acre | George Alfred HentySuddenly Chet wished he could go back to that first interview in the sickbay, and change all the things he'd said.
Uniform of a Man | Dave Dryfoos
British Dictionary definitions for sickbay
sickbay
/ (ˈsɪkˌbeɪ) /
noun
a room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured, as on board a ship or at a boarding school
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