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borstal

[ bawr-stuhl ]

noun

  1. a school providing therapy and vocational training for delinquent boys in the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth in the 20th century and continuing to operate in India and some other Commonwealth nations in the 21st century.


borstal

/ ˈbɔːstəl /

noun

  1. (formerly in Britain) an informal name for an establishment in which offenders aged 15 to 21 could be detained for corrective training. Since the Criminal Justice Act 1982, they have been replaced by youth custody centres (now known as young offender institutions )
  2. (formerly) a similar establishment in Australia and New Zealand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of borstal1

First recorded in 1905–10; named after Borstal, village in Kent, England
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Word History and Origins

Origin of borstal1

C20: named after Borstal , village in Kent where the first institution was founded
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Example Sentences

You may find it in the little street that runs off the market place, going down towards the Borstal Institution.

Bertram Borstal turned out his pockets and spread their contents on the table before him.

It was not till he heard this that Bertram Borstal, racked with indigestion, realised the atrocious barbarity of his reprieve.

This led to the foundation of the Borstal scheme, which was first formally started in October 1902.

At Caversham there is a small proportion of the inmates who should be transferred to a Borstal institution.

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