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Oubliette

noun
1.
A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling.





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... popular room of all with visitors—and quite naturally—is the little boudoiresque study of Francis I, with its voluptuous ladies on the ceiling and the secret treasure-room leading from it, while on the way, just outside the door, is a convenient oubliette into which to push ...
— A Wanderer in Florence • E. V. Lucas


Words linked to "Oubliette" :   dungeon


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