English Dictionary

house of correction

名詞

歴史的 アメリカ英語

(historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.

日本語の意味

歴史的な労働矯正施設。1601年のエリザベス法に基づいて設立され、働く意欲のない者（浮浪者、乞食など）が労働を通じて更生を図られるための施設。

After the town council passed new ordinances, many vagrants were sent to the house of correction to be set to work.

町議会が新しい条例を可決すると、多くの浮浪者は、労働を拒む貧困者を収容して労働を課す住居型の矯正施設に送られた。

意味（1）

(historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.

意味（2）

(US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison.

houses of correction （ plural ）