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
ConchaKON-chahSpanish
Ejiro-Western African, Urhobo
JosephusYO-sə-fus (Dutch)Dutch, History
Bautistabow-TEES-tahSpanish
Heck-Scottish
Patka-Polish, Slovak