borstal
see also: Borstal
Noun

borstal (plural borstals)

  1. (UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
  2. (historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
    Synonyms: reformatory
  3. (British, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
    • 2004, August 3, Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly, Kenya National Assembly Official Record, Hansard, page 3126
      You have juvenile courts. Do you have borstal institutions for juveniles?

Borstal
Proper noun
  1. A suburb , formerly a village, in Rochester (OS grid ref TQ7366).



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