单词 | chamber arrest |
释义 | > as lemmaschamber arrest chamber arrest n. [after German Stubenarrest (1738)] the state or condition of being confined by the authorities to one's own rooms; cf. house arrest n. at house n.1 and int. Compounds 10. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > house arrest home confinement1724 house arrest1810 chamber arrest1834 house detention1915 1834 New Eng.-German & German-Eng. Dict. II. at Stube Stubenarrest..,arrest by which a person is confined to his apartment, chamber-arrest. 1903 Daily Chron. 19 Dec. 5/1 Frederick the Great, when Crown Prince, was not only condemned to chamber-arrest, but actually flung into prison. 1987 Speculum 62 910 The charges brought against him.., for which his books were burned and he was placed under chamber arrest, offer a fascinating case of a bishop tried and convicted of heresy. < as lemmas |
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