oubliette - translation to french
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oubliette - translation to french

ROOM OR CELL IN WHICH PRISONERS ARE HELD, USUALLY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
Oubliette; Dungeons; Dunngeon; Bottle dungeon; Dungeons in fiction; Fictional dungeon; Fictional dungeons

oubliette         
n. oubliette, prison cell or dungeon that has only a small trap door in the ceiling (from French oublier, to forget)
oubliettes      
n. dungeon, keep of a castle, underground prison, oubliette
mettre aux oubliettes      
put completely out of mind

Definition

Oubliette
·noun A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.

Wikipedia

Dungeon

A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medieval castles, though their association with torture probably belongs more to the Renaissance period. An oubliette (from french oublier meaning to forget) or bottle dungeon is a basement room which is accessible only from a hatch or hole (an angstloch) in a high ceiling. Victims in oubliettes were often left to starve and dehydrate to death, making the practice akin to—and some say an actual variety of—immurement.