Borstaln.adj.

/ˈbɔːstəl/

Forms: Also borstal.

Etymology: < the name of Borstal, a village near Rochester in Kent.

a. In full Borstal institution: a reformatory for ‘juvenile adults’, conducted according to the method first put into practice at the reformatory at Borstal and adopted afterwards elsewhere. Also attributive. So Borstal system: a system established in 1908 whereby young persons convicted of criminal offences between the ages of 16 and 23 may be sent to a Borstal institution for a period of reformative training, usually 3 years, after which they are released subject to further supervision by the Borstal Association.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for young offenders

house of reformation1581

reformatory1758

reform school1839

Borstal1907

community home1915

boot camp1978

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 8/1 In 1901..a ‘juvenile-adult reformatory’ was opened at Borstal, near Rochester, by the conversion of a part of the existing convict prison.]

1907 Daily Chron. 6 June 5/4 The ‘Borstal prisoner’.

1907 Borstal System 2 Every lad who is imprisoned in Dartmoor or Borstal passes into the care of the Borstal Association on his discharge.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 1/3 When in 1895 the experiment of separating the juvenile from the adult criminals was made, Bedford Prison was the chosen theatre. Had it been continued there we should now be hearing of the Bedford instead of the Borstal system... In a year or two the experiment was transferred to Borstal, where the whole prison..was given up for the purpose.

1917 Times 7 Feb. 5/6 Four youths have escaped from the Borstal Institution, Rochester.

1920 Glasgow Herald 14 June 10 Reports are furnished by the Governors of Barlinnie Prison and Duke Street Prison, Glasgow, on the Borstal sections.

1921 Glasgow Herald 15 Nov. 6 The Borstal boys have five meals a day at Portland.

1951 Lancet 3 Mar. 519/1 The only open borstal for girls is at East Sutton.

1951 Lancet 3 Mar. 519/2 A survey of 300 borstal girls.

1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 924/1 There are now in England four Borstal institutions—at Chatham, Feltham and Portland for youths, and that for girls at Aylesbury.

b. transferred as adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [adjective] > like a Borstalian

Borstal1936

1936 ‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles x. 112 Grant thought how Borstal she was in spite of her soignée exterior. That air of resentment against the world in general and her own fate in particular was very familiar to him.

Derivatives

Borˈstalian n. an inmate of a Borstal.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > in a Borstal

Borstalian1923

1923 (title) The Borstalian.

1958 Observer 19 Oct. 21/6 There are sharp sketches of fellow Borstalians.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	borstal
释义	Borstaln.adj. /ˈbɔːstəl/ Forms: Also borstal. Etymology: < the name of Borstal, a village near Rochester in Kent. a. In full Borstal institution: a reformatory for ‘juvenile adults’, conducted according to the method first put into practice at the reformatory at Borstal and adopted afterwards elsewhere. Also attributive. So Borstal system: a system established in 1908 whereby young persons convicted of criminal offences between the ages of 16 and 23 may be sent to a Borstal institution for a period of reformative training, usually 3 years, after which they are released subject to further supervision by the Borstal Association. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for young offenders house of reformation1581 reformatory1758 reform school1839 Borstal1907 community home1915 boot camp1978 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 8/1 In 1901..a ‘juvenile-adult reformatory’ was opened at Borstal, near Rochester, by the conversion of a part of the existing convict prison.] 1907 Daily Chron. 6 June 5/4 The ‘Borstal prisoner’. 1907 Borstal System 2 Every lad who is imprisoned in Dartmoor or Borstal passes into the care of the Borstal Association on his discharge. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 1/3 When in 1895 the experiment of separating the juvenile from the adult criminals was made, Bedford Prison was the chosen theatre. Had it been continued there we should now be hearing of the Bedford instead of the Borstal system... In a year or two the experiment was transferred to Borstal, where the whole prison..was given up for the purpose. 1917 Times 7 Feb. 5/6 Four youths have escaped from the Borstal Institution, Rochester. 1920 Glasgow Herald 14 June 10 Reports are furnished by the Governors of Barlinnie Prison and Duke Street Prison, Glasgow, on the Borstal sections. 1921 Glasgow Herald 15 Nov. 6 The Borstal boys have five meals a day at Portland. 1951 Lancet 3 Mar. 519/1 The only open borstal for girls is at East Sutton. 1951 Lancet 3 Mar. 519/2 A survey of 300 borstal girls. 1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 924/1 There are now in England four Borstal institutions—at Chatham, Feltham and Portland for youths, and that for girls at Aylesbury. b. transferred as adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [adjective] > like a Borstalian Borstal1936 1936 ‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles x. 112 Grant thought how Borstal she was in spite of her soignée exterior. That air of resentment against the world in general and her own fate in particular was very familiar to him. Derivatives Borˈstalian n. an inmate of a Borstal. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > in a Borstal Borstalian1923 1923 (title) The Borstalian. 1958 Observer 19 Oct. 21/6 There are sharp sketches of fellow Borstalians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.1907
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