Definitions for bridewell

bridewell bride·well

Spelling: [brahyd-wel, -wuh l]
IPA: /ˈbraɪdˌwɛl, -wəl/

Bridewell is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in bridewell (bdeeillrw).

Definitions for bridewell

noun

  1. a prison.

Origin of bridewell

First recorded in 1545-55; after a prison that formerly stood near the church of St. Bride in London

Examples for bridewell

Labour is sweet, sir: but not hard labour in the dungeons of a bridewell.

"I was not speaking of the bridewell, but of the Prison," I said.

He was thence committed to bridewell, where he died in or about 1565.

I am anxious to hear of the execution of your plan with regard to bridewell.

Before them all, in imagination, stood the dreadful whipping-post of bridewell.

Another public granary was established in 1610 at bridewell Palace.

To this it was remarked, that they were only fit for bridewell.

Liverpool's bridewell is as an unsightly a place as a bridewell can be.

Thence home and to the Tower to see the men from bridewell shipped.

Before the prison was built, the site was occupied by the Palace of the bridewell.

Word Value for bridewell
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Words with friends

18

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