bordel

Definition

A brothel.

Etymology

From Middle English bordel, from Old French bordel (“brothel”). Doublet of bordello.

Example Sentences

• "Appropriately enough she had given him a rendezvous (for the marriage) at the old Sphinx, opposite the Gare Montparnasse, where the respectable exterior – a family café, where families up from the country came to eat an ice and wat for their train – masked a charming bordel with a high gallery and several spotless cubicles."