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Look up: oubliette

  1. Oubliette
    A dungeon reached by a trap door; starvation hole
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  2. oubliette
    [n] - a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Oubliette
    dungeon or pit under the floor, reached by a trap-door, used for incarcerating prisoners
    Found on http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.

  4. Oubliette
    Ou`bli`ette' noun [ French, from oublier to forget, from (assumed) Late Latin oblitare , Latin oblivisci , past participle oblitus .] A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strong...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/41

  5. oubliette
    noun a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Oubliette
    • (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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. oubliette
    oubliette 1. A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling. 2. A dungeon or pit under the floor, reached by a trap-door, used for incarcerating prisoners; a Scottish pit prison. Etymologically related 'forget, forgetfulness' word families: aletho-; letho-. ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. oubliette
    tiny cell where prisoners were left to die. Secret chamber
    Found on http://www.castles-of-britain.com/glossa

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