borstal
see also: Borstal
Noun
Borstal
Proper noun
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see also: Borstal
Noun
borstal (plural borstals)
- (UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
- (historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
- Synonyms: reformatory
- (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?
- 2004, August 3, Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly, Kenya National Assembly Official Record, Hansard, page 3126
Borstal
Proper noun
- A suburb , formerly a village, in Rochester (OS grid ref TQ7366).
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