Definition of Bridewell
Bride´well
n.
1.
A
house
of
correction
for
the
confinement
of
disorderly
persons
; -
so
called
from
a
hospital
built
in
1553
near
St
.
Bride
'
s
(
or
Bridget
'
s
)
well
,
in
London
,
which
was
subsequently
a
penal
workhouse
.
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