bridewell / ˈbraɪdˌwɛl, -wəl /

⚽高中词汇桥头堡桥屋桥门桥头屋

bridewell 的定义

n. 名词 noun

British.

  1. a prison.

更多bridewell例句

  1. Bridewell, the name of the famous prison, also came from the name of a well dedicated to St. Bride.
  2. Th' coort wud give him a letther of inthroduction to th' bridewell an' he cud stay there f'r two hundhred days.
  3. Forty or fifty night-walkers were sent every week to Bridewell, and numbers were induced to emigrate to the colonies.
  4. He underwent an examination; but, refusing to make any confession, he was sent to Tothill-fields Bridewell.
  5. He was immediately conveyed to Tothill-fields Bridewell, where he remained till he was again sent out of the country.