'House of correction' definitions:

Definition of 'house of correction'

From: WordNet
noun
(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences

Definition of 'House of correction'

From: GCIDE
  • Correction \Cor*rec"tion\ (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.]
  • 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. [1913 Webster]
  • The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. --Strype. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. [1913 Webster]
  • Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. [1913 Webster]
  • Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares.
  • House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell.
  • Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error. [1913 Webster]