GAOL
jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
(noun) 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)
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gaol (countable and uncountable, plural gaols)
(Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail.
Usage notes
Gaol was the more common spelling between about 1760 and 1830, and is still preferred in proper names in some regions. Most Australian newspapers use jail rather than gaol, citing either narrower print width or the possibility of transposing letters in gaol to produce goal. By far the most common spelling in Canada is jail, but a handful of legal writers use gaol; see for example , para. 26.
Synonyms
• See also jail
Verb
gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)
(Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail.
Anagrams
• Galo, Gola, Lago, Olga, algo, algo-, goal
Source: Wiktionary
Gaol, n. Etym: [See Jail.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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