Downs

downs Down's English Proper noun en. Derived terms en bobdownsite Downs cell Downsian Downsman Downs process Downsville Hellings and Downs curve Hellings-Downs curve Proper noun the Downs en Sussex The South Downs. en Let's go for a walk on the Downs. A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war. en 1771 w:James Cook diary On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal. en UK slang obsolete historical Tothill Fields Bridewell, a prison located in the Westminster area of central London between 1618 and 1884. References Tothill Fields Bridewell en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=Downs See also The Downs Downs (surname) Anagrams en dnosw nowds sdown sownd en Nicknames