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Definition of Oubliettes

Oubliette
Oubliette Ou`bli`ette", n. [F., fr. oublier to forget, fr. (assumed) LL. oblitare, L. oblivisci, p. p. oblitus.] A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall. Sudden in the sun An oubliette winks. Where is he? Gone. --Mrs. Browning.

Meaning of Oubliettes from wikipedia

- described as dungeons or oubliettes were in fact water-cisterns or even latrines. An example of what might be po****rly termed an "oubliette" is the particularly...
- The Oubliette is a 1914 American silent historical drama film directed by Charles Giblyn, featuring Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush, and Lon Chaney....
- "Oubliette" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, and originally aired on the Fox network...
- Look up oubliette or oubliëtte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An oubliette is a type of dungeon. Oubliette can also refer to: Oubliette (The X-Files)...
- Oubliette Mountain is a 3,070-metre (10,072 ft) mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial...
- revels. Those that chose to refuse this option were dropped through an oubliette into the lake below. Edg****be Staley, Lords and Ladies of the Italian...
- Mamertino), in antiquity the Tullianum, was a prison (carcer) with a dungeon (oubliette) located in the Comitium in ancient Rome. It is said to have been built...
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- a key guest-starring role in a third-season episode of The X-Files, "Oubliette". After appearing on Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1994), Staite's first...