gaol

gaol
Synonyms and related words:
POW camp, bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, black hole, blockade, bolt in, borstal, borstal institution, bound, box in, bridewell, brig, cage, cast in prison, cell, chamber, clap in jail, clap up, close in, compass, concentration camp, condemned cell, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, federal prison, fence in, forced-labor camp, guardhouse, hedge in, hem in, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold prisoner, house in, house of correction, house of detention, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, industrial school, intern, internment camp, jail, jailhouse, jug, keep, kennel, labor camp, leaguer, lock in, lock up, lockup, maximum-security prison, mew, mew up, minimum-security prison, oubliette, pen, pen in, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, pocket, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, quarantine, rail in, reform school, reformatory, shrine, shut in, shut up, sponging house, stable, state prison, stockade, surround, the hole, throw into jail, tollbooth, training school, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Gaol — (j[=a]l), n. [See {Jail}.] A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the United States usually, written {jail}.] [1913 Webster] {Commission of general gaol delivery}, an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gaol — gaol·er chiefly Brit var of jail jailer Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. gaol n. An archaic spe …   Law dictionary

  • gaol´er — gaol «jayl», noun, transitive verb. British. jail. ╂[Middle English gayhole < Old North French gaiole < Vulgar Latin gaviōla < Latin cavea cage] –gaol´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • gaol — [dʒeıl] n, v a British spelling of ↑jail …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gaol — [ dʒeıl ] a British spelling of jail1 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • gaol — see JAIL (Cf. jail), you tea sodden football hooligan …   Etymology dictionary

  • gaol — gaol, gaoler see jail, jailer …   Modern English usage

  • gaol — [jāl] n. Brit. sp. of JAIL gaoler n …   English World dictionary

  • gaol — /gey(a)l/ A now obsolete term (of English origin) for a prison for temporary confinement; a jail; a place for the confinement of offenders against the law. As distinguished from prison, it is said to be a place for temporary or provisional… …   Black's law dictionary

  • gaol — /gey(a)l/ A now obsolete term (of English origin) for a prison for temporary confinement; a jail; a place for the confinement of offenders against the law. As distinguished from prison, it is said to be a place for temporary or provisional… …   Black's law dictionary

  • gaol — Brit. var. of JAIL . * * * gaol [gaol gaols gaoled gaoling] ; gaoler (BrE) = ↑jail, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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