Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bawdry

Bawdry ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Old English baudery, Old French bauderie, balderie, boldness, joy. See Bawd.]

1.
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
2.
Illicit intercourse; fornication. — Shakespeare
3.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
The pert style of the pit bawdry. — Steele