Seine Tochter Lucie wartet auf ihren Geliebten Charles Darnay... der, wie wir eben erfuhren, der Neffe des Marquis de St. Evremond ist... dessen Grausamkeit Manette in die Bastille brachte.The Attila the Hun Show (1970)
(n)a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
{ } n. [ F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. bâtir. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. [ 1913 Webster ]
The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. “The Bastille”, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison. [ 1913 Webster ]