vaulting school



vaulting school

obsolete A house of prostitution; a brothel. ("Vaulting" being an allusion to sexual intercourse.) To such a depth of degradation he hast fallen, that his abode hast been a vaulting school for a fortnight past.
See also: school

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
WenceslausWEN-səs-laws (English)History
Phuntsok-Tibetan
Dieuwer-Frisian
Keturahki-TOOR-ə (English), kee-TYOOR-ə (English)Biblical
Gudmund-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Gennadygye-NAH-dee, gee-NAH-deeRussian