单词 | barracoon |
释义 | barracoonn. A rough barrack, set of sheds, or enclosure, in which black slaves (originally), convicts, etc., are temporarily detained. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > for slaves ergastulum1833 barracoon1851 1851 T. Parker Wks. VII. 290 The chain..visible on the necks of the judges as they entered the Bastile of Boston—the Barracoon of Boston! 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. lxviii. 608 The empire became no more than an ergastulum or barracoon on a vast scale. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. xi. 141 I made a visit to the barracoons, or slave-pens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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