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单词 borstal
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borstal

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Jail & punishment, Youthborstalbor‧stal /ˈbɔːstl $ ˈbɔːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] British English old-fashioned  SCJSSYa special prison for criminals who are not old enough to be in an ordinary prisonExamples from the CorpusborstalAs the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison.After a spell in borstal he was introduced to influential figures in the London underworld of the mid-60s.Origin borstal (1900-2000) Borstal, village in Kent, southeast England, where the first such prison was
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