Thesaurus: gaol

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1. n. A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.
2. n. 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)
3. v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
4. A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the United States usually, written jail.] 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.
5. A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses orprovisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the UnitedStates usually, written jail.] Commission of general gaol delivery,an authority conferred upon judges and others included in it, fortrying and delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upontheir circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and fordischarging any whom the grand jury fail to indict. [Eng.] -- Gaoldelivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail.
6. n:100 n 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) v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail