A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Prisone-hous, n. Also: prissoun-. [e.m.E. prison-house (1579–80): cf. Presoun-hous.] A building or part of one serving as a prison. Also attrib. — 1620 Reg. Great S. 784/2.
To … have stockis, joggis, prissounhousis, pitt and gallous 1627 Glasgow B. Rec. I 358.
Keiper of the haill prissoun houssis of the new biggit tolbuithe —attrib. 1540 Treas. Acc. VII 487.
For … lokkis to the prisone hous dur in the castell 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 29.
They brak vp the prisone hous doore
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Prisone-hous n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 29 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/prisoun_hous>
