Bastille - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbæˌstɪl|
Brit.
|bæˈstiːl|
noun
- a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
- a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
- a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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...were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille...
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