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Definition of Oubliette
1. Noun. A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling.
Definition of Oubliette
1. n. 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.
Definition of Oubliette
1. Noun. A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oubliette
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oubliette
Literary usage of Oubliette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ninety-three by Victor Hugo (1888)
"THE oubliette. THIS crypt was the oubliette. Every keep possessed one, and this,
like many other penal dungeons of the same period, had two stories. ..."
2. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"He casts the Englishman into an oubliette, makes a midnight foray upon Kars and
carries off the maiden. Meanwhile Ormond has succeeded in communicating with ..."
3. The Deserts of Southern France: An Introduction to the Limestone and Chalk by Sabine Baring-Gould (1894)
"... loses its Character— The Domestic Buildings encroach on the Court—The Renaissance
Chateau—Castelnau de Bretenoux—Its History—The Fire—The oubliette ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"... with descriptions of this .fish and its sport, and special treatises upon it
have been written by McCarthy, Chambers, Van Dyke and others. oubliette ..."
5. Summer's Jaunt Across the Water by John Jay Smith (1846)
"... oubliette—Subterranean passages—Number of annual visiters at Baden. THIS remarkable
spot was known to, and occupied as a bathing-place by the Romans. ..."
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