gaol
n . 监牢,监狱
v . 监禁,关押
监牢,监狱监禁,关押
gaol n 1 :
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (
either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence ) [
synonym : {
jail }, {
jailhouse }, {
gaol }, {
clink },
{
slammer }, {
poky }, {
pokey }]
v 1 :
lock up or confine ,
in or as in a jail ; "
The suspects were imprisoned without trial "; "
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life " [
synonym : {
imprison }, {
incarcerate },
{
lag }, {
immure }, {
put behind bars }, {
jail }, {
jug }, {
gaol },
{
put away }, {
remand }]
Gaol \
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 authority conferred upon judges and others included in it ,
for trying and delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges ,
upon their circuit ,
arrive at the place for holding court ,
and for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict .
[
Eng .]
{
Gaol delivery }. (
Law )
See {
Jail delivery },
under {
Jail }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Jail \
Jail \ (
j [=
a ]
l ),
n . [
OE .
jaile ,
gail ,
gayhol ,
OF .
gaole ,
gaiole ,
jaiole ,
F .
ge [^
o ]
le ,
LL .
gabiola ,
dim .
of gabia cage ,
for L .
cavea cavity ,
cage .
See {
Cage }.]
A kind of prison ;
a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody ,
especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding . [
Written also {
gaol }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
This jail I count the house of liberty . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Jail delivery },
the release of prisoners from jail ,
either legally or by violence .
{
Jail delivery commission }.
See under {
Gaol }.
{
Jail fever } (
Med .),
typhus fever ,
or a disease resembling it ,
generated in jails and other places crowded with people ; --
called also {
hospital fever },
and {
ship fever }.
{
Jail liberties },
or {
Jail limits },
a space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was ,
on certain conditions ,
allowed to go at large . --
Abbott .
{
Jail lock },
a peculiar form of padlock ; --
called also {
Scandinavian lock }.
[
1913 Webster ]
104 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gaol ":
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 GAOL .
A prison or building designated by law or used by the sheriff ,
for the confinement or detention of those ,
whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody .,
This word ,
sometimes written jail ,
is said to be derived from the Spanish jaula ,
a cage , (
derived from caula ,)
in French geole ,
gaol .
1 Mann . &
Gran .
222 ,
note a .
Vide 6 John .
R .
22 ;
14 Vin .
Ab .
9 ;
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .;
Dane '
s Ab .
Index ,
h .
t .;
4 Com .
Dig .
619 ;
and the articles Gaoler ;
Prison ;
Prisoner .
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