Oubliette

[Ou`bli`etteĀ·]

For all you prison enthusiasts out there, the oubliette is like the Cadillac of dungeons. An oubliette is a specific type of dungeon that has only one escape route through a trap door in its ceiling.

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A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.

Noun
a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling


n.
A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.


Oubliette

Ou`bli`ette" , n. [F., fr. oublier to forget, fr. (assumed) LL. oblitare, L. oblivisci, p. p. oblitus.] A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.
Sudden in the sun An oubliette winks. Where is he? Gone.

A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.

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