oubliette
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For this was one of those bottle-shaped cells or oubliettes which hard men of old devised for the safe keeping of their captives.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
"This labyrinth, interrupted by oubliettes, must have cooled the zeal of robbers and scholars."
From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Sumichrast, Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de)
My dear sir, there is nothing like oubliettes and secret prisons.
From Louisa of Prussia and Her Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
“It is like looking into the oubliettes of a mediaeval castle,” said Yseulte, striving to peer through the apertures into the blackness beneath.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram
This royal keep was used as a prison, or, according to popular tradition, as oubliettes.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
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