Obs. [a. OF. chartre (12th c. in Littré):—L. carcer-em prison, dungeon.] A prison.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 2043. Him ðe chartre haueð bitaȝt.
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, L ij. The prysoners which were in the prysons and chartres.
