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bridewell|ˈbraɪdwəl|
Also 6 brydwelle, 7 bridewel, (bridlewel), bridwell.
[From Bride Well, i.e. (St.) Bride's Well, a holy well in London, near which Henry VIII had a ‘lodging’, given by Edward VI for a hospital, afterwards converted into a house of correction.]
1. A house of correction for prisoners; a place of forced labour; a gaol, prison. Also fig.
[1552Contemp. Rev. (1878) 773 Our suit..is for one of your Grace's houses called Bridewell. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 19 b, Kynge Henry the eight..builded a goodlye lodginge purposely for him [Charles V] vpon the Riuer of Themse, called Bridewell. ]a1593H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 43 To bridewell with these rogues! 1618Bolton Florus iii. xix. 233 Breaking up the worke-jayles, or bridlewels, by right of Warre. 1632Massinger City Mad. iv. i, Seek them In Bridewell or the Hole. 1679–88Secr. Serv. Moneys Chas. & Jas. (1851) 147 The rebells that were imprisoned in the castle and bridewell at Taunton. 1777Howard Prisons Eng. (1780) 5 There are very few bridewells in which any work is done, or can be done. 1885M. Davitt Leaves fr. Prison Diary I. 32 Various terms of previous imprisonments..in county bridewells.
2. attrib. (With bridewell-bird cf. gaolbird.)
1589Pasquil's Return B iij b, The stocke-keeper of the Bridewel-house of Canterburie. 1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. 6 Skufling in the kennel together by the eares like bride well birds. 1596P. Colse Penelope's Compl. (1880) 167 Thy giggish tricke, thy queanish trade, A thousand Bridewel birds hath made. 1628Earle Microcosm. xxxi. 67 The Bridewell-man, and the Beadle. 1663Killigrew Parson's Wed. iv. ii, This is better than..Bridewell hemp, brown bread, and whip-cord. Ibid. i. iii, Bridewell orphans.
Hence ˈbridewell v., to commit to a Bridewell; ˈbridewelling vbl. n.
1687H. Care Draconia (D.) Here is bridewelling, banishing, and selling of people to slavery. |