bridewell是什么意思_bridewell怎么读_音标'braidwәl

bridewell是什么意思音标:英 ['braidwәl]

n. 感化院, 拘留所
[法] 感化院, 拘留所, 监狱

n. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly
persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's
(or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal
workhouse.