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borstal

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bor⋅stal

  [bawr-stuhl]
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–noun
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
Also, borstal institution.

Origin:
1900–05; named after Borstal, village in Kent, England
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borstal

noun
formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison 
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