Word Meanings - EMBROTHEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To inclose in a brothel. Donne.
Related words: (words related to EMBROTHEL)
- INCLOSER
One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. - DONNEE
Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley. That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own. Saintsbury. - INCLOSE
Etym: 1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton. 2. To put within a case, - BROTHELRY
Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson. - BROTHELER
One who frequents brothels. - BROTHEL
A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse. (more info) worthless fellow, fr. AS. beró to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. breótan to break, and E. brittle. The term brothel house was confused with - EMBROTHEL
To inclose in a brothel. Donne. - CORDONNET
Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath. - DISINCLOSE
To free from being inclosed.