Word Meanings - EMBROTHEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To inclose in a brothel. Donne.

Related words: (words related to EMBROTHEL)

• INCLOSER
  One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
• DONNEE
  Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley. That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own. Saintsbury.
• INCLOSE
  Etym: 1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton. 2. To put within a case,
• BROTHELRY
  Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson.
• BROTHELER
  One who frequents brothels.
• BROTHEL
  A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse. (more info) worthless fellow, fr. AS. beró to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. breótan to break, and E. brittle. The term brothel house was confused with
• EMBROTHEL
  To inclose in a brothel. Donne.
• CORDONNET
  Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.
• DISINCLOSE
  To free from being inclosed.