cachot — meaning in English

English meaning

• brig noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.
• dungeon noun A dark, often underground prison cell, typically found beneath an old castle.

Senses

cachot is used for these senses in English:

• brig (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
• dungeon An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
• dungeon (obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.

brig — full definition

1. noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.
2. noun A prison on board a naval ship, or informally, any military jail.

dungeon — full definition

1. noun A dark, often underground prison cell, typically found beneath an old castle.
2. noun In video games, an area full of enemies, hazards, and treasure that players must fight through.

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