English Dictionary

spittal

noun

lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital / a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases

The spittal is a small village located in the Scottish Borders.

意味（1）

lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital

意味（2）

a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases

意味（3）

a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks