borstal

[ bawr-stuhl ]

/ ˈbɔr stəl /

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noun

a school providing therapy and vocational training for delinquent boys in the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth in the 20th century and continuing to operate in India and some other Commonwealth nations in the 21st century.

Also called bor·stal in·sti·tu·tion .

Origin of borstal

First recorded in 1905–10; named after Borstal, village in Kent, England

Words nearby borstal

borrow trouble, Bors, borscht, borscht circuit, borsic, borstal, bort, borzoi, Bosanquet, bosberaad, Bosc

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Example sentences from the Web for borstal

He is not a criminal and earth is not a Borstal Institution.
Painted Windows|Harold Begbie
You smell out the hedgerows, and every borstal leads you out on to the grass.
Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
I have always said that the hanging gardens of Borstal knocked spots off the hanging gardens of Babylon, and now I know it.
A Dweller in Mesopotamia|Donald Maxwell
You may find it in the little street that runs off the market place, going down towards the Borstal Institution.
The Wonder|J. D. Beresford

At Caversham there is a small proportion of the inmates who should be transferred to a Borstal institution.
Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders|W. H. Triggs, Donald McGavin, Frederick Truby King, J. Sands Elliot, Ada G. Patterson, C.E. Matthews and J. Beck

British Dictionary definitions for borstal

borstal

/ (ˈbɔːstəl) /

noun

(formerly in Britain) an informal name for an establishment in which offenders aged 15 to 21 could be detained for corrective training. Since the Criminal Justice Act 1982, they have been replaced by youth custody centres (now known as young offender institutions)

(formerly) a similar establishment in Australia and New Zealand

Word Origin for borstal

C20: named after Borstal, village in Kent where the first institution was founded

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	borstal
释义	borstal [ bawr-stuhl ] / ˈbɔr stəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR borstal ON THESAURUS.COM noun a school providing therapy and vocational training for delinquent boys in the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth in the 20th century and continuing to operate in India and some other Commonwealth nations in the 21st century. Also called bor·stal in·sti·tu·tion . Origin of borstal First recorded in 1905–10; named after Borstal, village in Kent, England Words nearby borstal borrow trouble, Bors, borscht, borscht circuit, borsic, borstal, bort, borzoi, Bosanquet, bosberaad, Bosc Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for borstal He is not a criminal and earth is not a Borstal Institution. Painted Windows\|Harold Begbie You smell out the hedgerows, and every borstal leads you out on to the grass. Rest Harrow\|Maurice Hewlett I have always said that the hanging gardens of Borstal knocked spots off the hanging gardens of Babylon, and now I know it. A Dweller in Mesopotamia\|Donald Maxwell You may find it in the little street that runs off the market place, going down towards the Borstal Institution. The Wonder\|J. D. Beresford At Caversham there is a small proportion of the inmates who should be transferred to a Borstal institution. Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders\|W. H. Triggs, Donald McGavin, Frederick Truby King, J. Sands Elliot, Ada G. Patterson, C.E. Matthews and J. Beck British Dictionary definitions for borstal borstal / (ˈbɔːstəl) / noun (formerly in Britain) an informal name for an establishment in which offenders aged 15 to 21 could be detained for corrective training. Since the Criminal Justice Act 1982, they have been replaced by youth custody centres (now known as young offender institutions) (formerly) a similar establishment in Australia and New Zealand Word Origin for borstal C20: named after Borstal, village in Kent where the first institution was founded Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to borstal reform school, reformatory, detention center, detention home, house of correction, training school, boot camp, military school
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borstal

noun

Origin of borstal

Words nearby borstal

Example sentences from the Web for borstal

British Dictionary definitions for borstal

noun

Word Origin for borstal

Words related to borstal