subs. phr. (old).—Newgate gaol, but equally applicable to any goal. New York thieves apply the term to the Tombs: Fr. collège: see CAGE.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. BOARDING-SCHOOL, c. Bridewell.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. BOARDING SCHOOL. Bridewell, Newgate, or any other prison or house of correction.
