Found 2 items, similar to Bastille.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bastille
bastille
n : a jail (literally, a French jail)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bastille
Bastile
\Bas*tile"\ Bastille
\Bas*tille"\(b[.a]s*t[=e]l" or
b[.a]s"t[-e]l; 277), n. [F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to
build, F. b[^a]tir.]
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1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the
defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.
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The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls.
--Holland.
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2.
“The Bastille”, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris,
used as a prison, especially for political offenders;
hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
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