GAOLING
Verb
gaoling
present participle of gaol
Noun
gaoling (plural gaolings)
An instance of a person being gaoled.
Anagrams
• ganglio-, goaling
Source: Wiktionary
GAOL
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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