Meaning of sickhouse | Babel Free

Definitions

A place where sick or injured people are cared for; a hospital.

Examples

“The sickhouse was a cool, capacious, and convenient building, well adapted to the purpose for which it was used.”

“What was still called the new sickhouse, where people were taken to be tended if their illness was contagious, […]”

“Four months after giving birth to a daughter, Peggy returned to the sickhouse with a "rising breast," […]”

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