Old Bailey

短语

（英国伦敦老贝利街的）中央刑事法庭

词形变化

the Old Bailey

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A street in the City between Holborn Circus and St Paul's Cathedral.

  2. 2.

    The Central Criminal Court in this street; the Crown Court in the City of London.

  3. 3.

    The English legal system.

    引申义

词源

Originally "The Bailey", a street running outside the western wall of medieval London; from the word bailey, a Middle English term for the outermost wall or court of a fortification. The courthouse built nearby in the 16th century, alongside old Newgate Prison, took its name from the street.

来源：wiktionary