spittal

  1. Noun.  lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital.
  2. Noun.  a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases.
  3. Noun.  a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks.

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