BASTILLE
Scrabble letter values: B3A1S1T1I1L1L1E1 = 10
Definition
- noun a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- noun a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner).
Examples
- “it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution”