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Noun: borstal  bors-tul
Usage: archaic
  1. Formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
    "The borstal system was phased out in the UK in the 1980s"

Derived forms: borstals

Type of: reform school, reformatory, training school

Encyclopedia: Borstal, Rochester