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Lazaretto   Listen
noun
Lazaretto, Lazaret  n.  
1.
A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.
2.
(Naut.) A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom.





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"Lazaretto" Quotes from Famous Books



... further notice, subjected to a quarantine of fifteen days in consequence of cholera having made its appearance at the latter place. A sailing vessel which arrived from Marseilles in the course of the day had to disembark the merchandise it brought for Civita Vecchia into barges off the lazaretto, where the yellow flag was hoisted over them. This vessel left Marseilles five days before the announcement of the quarantine, while the 'Prince Napoleon' of Valery's Company, passenger and merchandise steamer, which ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... of performing it on board or in the Lazaretto, which we were told was not yet furnished. They all chose the Felucca. The insupportable heat, the closeness of the vessel, the impossibility of walking in it, and the vermin with which it swarmed, made ...
— The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete • Jean Jacques Rousseau
... the further side of Gaza, having the old reservoir called Birket el Basha between us and the Lazaretto. ...
— Byeways in Palestine • James Finn
... Heaven directs! Away! away! from Europe! From this cultivated moral lazaret! Do you ...
— The Stranger - A Drama, in Five Acts • August von Kotzebue


Words linked to "Lazaretto" :   glory hole, lazaret, pesthouse, locker, storage locker, lazar house, cabinet, infirmary, hospital, lazarette


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