DAME-SCHOOL


Meaning of DAME-SCHOOL in English

/daym"skoohl'/ , n. (formerly)

a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.

[ 1810-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .