Bōr'del or Bor-dĕl'lo, n.

n. [Fr. & Pr. bordel, It. bordello, Sp. bordel, Eng. brothel, orig. a little hut, from O. Fr. borde, Pr. borda, hut, barrack, from Goth. baurd, Icel. bord, Eng. board. See BOARD and BROTHEL.] A brothel; a bawdy-house; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.