borstal
noun /ˈbɔːstl/
/ˈbɔːrstl/
[countable, uncountable]- (in the UK in the past) a type of prison for young criminals
see also youth custodyTopics Crime and punishmentc2(英国旧时的)青少年犯教养院 词源early 20th cent.: named after the village of Borstal in southern England, where the first of these was established.