Lazarette
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lazarette is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of lazaret.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of lazaret.
Example Sentences
He rolled to the lazarette aft the cabin and began hauling out the big mainsail.
Without the harbour, is a lazarette, where persons coming from infected places, are obliged to perform quarantine.
There were fish in the lazarettes and rope lockers, fish spilled out the portholes and came flapping out of charts as they were unrolled on the chart table
Hope was alive again in my breast, and I looked about me with greater coolness. I noted that the boats were missing. The steerage told the same tale as the forecastle. The hunters had packed their belongings with similar haste. The Ghost was deserted. It was Maud's and mine. I thought of the ship's stores and the lazarette beneath the cabin, and the idea came to me of surprising Maud with something nice for breakfast.
Word Forms
- lazarettes
Synonyms for lazarette
Depending on context, synonyms include lazaretto, lazaret, pesthouse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pesthouse, lazaret, leprosy, lepry, lepra, mesale.
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