Oubliette (noun)
oo-blee-et
A secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling.
Late 18th century: from French, from oublier ‘forget’.
Example sentences
“She was rescued from the oubliette by the handsome prince.”
“I’d rather death here than a slow painful starvation in the oubliette.”
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