BORDEL; BORDELLO
Bor"del, Bor*del"lo, n. Etym: [F. bordel, orig. a little hut, OF.
borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board,n.See.
Board, n.]
Defn: A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.
[Obs.] B. Jonson.
BORDELAIS
Bor`de*lais", a. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.
BORDELLER
Bor"del*ler, n.
Defn: A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [Obs.] Gower.
BORDER Bor"der, n. Etym: [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See Board, n., and cf. Bordure.]
1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. Upon the borders of these solitudes. Bentham. In the borders of death. Barrow.
2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.