noun
Usage: usually capitalized B&D
Etymology: after Bastille, the fortress-prison in Paris
: July 14, the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille in 1789, observed in France as a national holiday
noun
Usage: usually capitalized B&D
Etymology: after Bastille, the fortress-prison in Paris
: July 14, the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille in 1789, observed in France as a national holiday
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012