(UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
2004, August 3, Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly, Kenya National Assembly Official Record, Hansard, page 3126
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(historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
: You have juvenile courts. Do you have borstal institutions for juveniles?
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(British, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
Seven years ago, I was sent to borstal. Slithering around in the societal sludge, I was forced to admit I'd made a huge mistake – committing robbery.
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