borstal

The English word “borstal” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A way up a hill in the South Downs.
Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
Any institution which provides education to young offenders.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *borstile, *borghstile, from Old English beorh (“a hill”) + stigel (“a stile”). The institutions are named after Borstal Prison in Borstal, Rochester, Kent, England.

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