1. a hospital for people with contagious diseases, especially leprosy
Usage: historical
2. a building or ship used to quarantine people, goods, or animals
Usage: historical
3. a storage space in the stern of a ship
Usage: nautical

Examples

• The medieval lazaretto housed patients with leprosy outside the city walls.
• Ships arriving from plague-infected ports were directed to the lazaretto.
• The old lazaretto on the island now serves as a museum.
• Passengers suspected of carrying disease were held at the lazaretto for observation.
• The captain stored emergency supplies in the ship’s lazaretto.
• Venice’s lazaretto was one of the first quarantine facilities in Europe.