bastille

noun

bas·tille ba-ˈstēl How to pronounce bastille (audio)

: prison, jail

Example Sentences

were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille

Recent Examples on the Web For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille.

Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018 For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille.

Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018 In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined.

Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017 In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined.

Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, after the Bastille St. Antoine, fortress built at an eastern gate of Paris in the later 14th century (used as a prison and destroyed in 1789), from Middle French bassetille, bastille "fortress, fortification," alteration (by substitution of the suffix -ille, usually diminutive, going back to Latin -īcula) of bastide, borrowed from Old Occitan bastida "building, fortification," noun derivative from feminine past participle of bastir "to weave, build, construct," going back to Old Low Franconian *bastjan "to weave with bast strips" — more at baste entry 1

First Known Use

1663, in the meaning defined above

单词	bastilles
释义	bastille noun bas·tille ba-ˈstēl : prison, jail Synonyms big house [slang] bridewell brig calaboose can clink [slang] cooler coop guardroom hock hold hoosegow jail jailhouse joint [slang] jug lockup nick [British slang] pen penitentiary pokey [slang] prison quod [British slang] slam slammer stir [slang] stockade tolbooth [Scottish] See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille Recent Examples on the Web For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille. Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018 For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille. Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018 In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined. Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017 In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined. Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017 Word History Etymology borrowed from French, after the Bastille St. Antoine, fortress built at an eastern gate of Paris in the later 14th century (used as a prison and destroyed in 1789), from Middle French bassetille, bastille "fortress, fortification," alteration (by substitution of the suffix -ille, usually diminutive, going back to Latin -īcula) of bastide, borrowed from Old Occitan bastida "building, fortification," noun derivative from feminine past participle of bastir "to weave, build, construct," going back to Old Low Franconian bastjan "to weave with bast strips" — more at baste entry 1 First Known Use 1663, in the meaning defined above bastilles noun plural of bastille as in jails* a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance jails penitentiaries prisons big houses bridewells jailhouses tolbooths brigs quods hoosegows coolers pens calabooses bull pens jugs guardrooms pokeys stockades lockups coops cans hocks slammers stirs tanks nicks cages holds slams joints clinks cells concentration camps labor camps stalags dungeons work camps holes prison camps reform schools wards keeps training schools guardhouses hulks blocks glasshouses oubliettes gulags reformatories Antonyms & Near Antonyms outsides
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bastille

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