Dictionary entry

Bordel

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Bor″del (�), Bor‐del″lo (�), } n. [F. bordel, orig. a little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board, n. See Board, n.] A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. B. Jonson.