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Oubliette

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An underground cell, perfectly dark, in which prisoners were subjected to perpetual confinement, was so called as being a "place of forgetfulness," or where one is forgotten; they were often put secretly to death.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Oubliette'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​o/oubliette.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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