borstal

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

corrections correctional correction corrective penal correcting bostal bergh downs brook

Often followed by

training institution boy system institutions boys and school schools

Word family

Borstal Borstals