borstal
Plural: borstals
Noun
- Historically, a type of youth detention center in the UK.
- formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
- A way up a hill in the South Downs.
- Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
- Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
Examples
- The opponent’s clever play of BORSTAL locked down the board, feeling like a detention.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
borstal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordborstal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
borstal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
borstal: valid Words With Friends Word