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
Henrich-Slovak
Mathieu-French
Shiv-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
Sence-Medieval Spanish
NahumNAY-əm (English), NAY-həm (English)Biblical
Corina-English, German, Romanian