Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bordello"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bordello
n : a building where prostitutes are available [syn: {whorehouse},
{brothel}, {bagnio}, {house of prostitution}, {house of
ill repute}, {bawdyhouse}, {cathouse}, {sporting house}]
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