bridewell
nounEtymology From Bridewell (named after a well dedicated to St Bride), an area of London that once had a "house of correction".
- Others in the Bridewell heard him screaming. Even prison doctors could see. His injuries were not self-inflicted. Those who tipped the scales did not agree.1983, “The Wicklow Boy”, in The Time Has Come, performed by Christy Moore, produced by Dónal Lunny:
- Two Fermanagh girls who never laughed were certain that he must have served time in a bridewell, so cold was his expression and so calloused his small hands.2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page xix: