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Borstal

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A suburb, formerly a village, in Rochester, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7366).
Noun
  1. 1
    A way up a hill in the South Downs. UK
  2. 2
    formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983. historical
  4. 4
    Any institution which provides education to young offenders. British, Ireland

    "You have juvenile courts. Do you have borstal institutions for juveniles?"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *borstile, *borghstile, from Old English beorh (“a hill”) + stigel (“a stile”). The institutions are named after Borstal Prison in Borstal, Rochester, Kent, England.

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