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Dorture

Dortour \Dor"tour\, Dorture \Dor"ture\, n. [F. dortoir, fr. L. dormitorium.] A dormitory. [Obs.]
--Bacon.

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dorture

n. (alternative form of dortour English)

Usage examples of "dorture".

Then he led us to a long gallery, like a dorture, where he showed us all along the one side (for the other side was but wall and window) seventeen cells, very neat ones, having partitions of cedar wood.