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Definitions for oubliette
ˌu bliˈɛtou·bli·ette
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Princeton's WordNet
oubliettenoun
a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
Wiktionary
oubliettenoun
A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.
Etymology: From oubliette, from oublier.
Wikipedia
oubliette
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.
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oubliette
An oubliette is a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in the ceiling. They were used in the past, particularly in castles, to imprison people. The term originates from the French word "oublier" meaning to forget, as it was designed to forget about the person who was dropped into it.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Oubliette
ōō-bli-et′, n. a dungeon with no opening but at the top: a secret pit in the floor of a dungeon into which a victim could be precipitated. [Fr.,—oublier, to forget—L. oblivisci.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Oubliette
an underground cell, perfectly dark, in which prisoners were subjected to perpetual confinement, was so called as being a "place of forgetfulness," or where one is forgotten; they were often put secretly to death.
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The numerical value of oubliette in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
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The numerical value of oubliette in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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