serail

1. (now rare) A seraglio.Examples: "He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:"; "What longing lust would not bee alaid, to see three hundred women at his dispose and pleasure, as hath the Grand Turke in his Seraille?"; "London teemed with brothels and other pleasure domes such as Mrs Hayes's serail in Pall Mall, whose floor show included a Tahitian “Love Feast’ between twelve nymphs and twelve youths, and naked dancing."archaic