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Found 1 definition: borstal.

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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun borstal has 1 senses

   borstal(n = noun.artifact) - formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison;
is a kind of
reform school, reformatory, training school


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

borstal, n.

   a British reform school for youths between 16 and 22. [WordNet 1.5]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

borstal, n. Brit. hist. an institution for reforming and training young offenders.

Usage:
Now replaced by detention centre and youth custody centre.

Etymology:
Borstal in S. England, where the first of these was established