Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bordel"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bordel \Bor"del\, Bordello \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.
[Obs.] --B. Jonson.


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