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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jail \Jail\, v. t.
     To imprison. [R.] --T. Adams (1614).
     [1913 Webster]
  
           [Bolts] that jail you from free life.    --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jail \Jail\, 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.]
  
           This jail I count the house of liberty.  --Milton.
  
     Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.
        [Slang]
  
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jail \Jail\, v. t.
     To imprison. [R.] --T. Adams (1614).
  
           [Bolts] that jail you from free life.    --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gaol \Gaol\, 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.]
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  jail
       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) [syn: jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer]
       v : 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" [syn: imprison, incarcerate,
            lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put
           away, remand]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jail
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 φυλακή
     2 (ΗΠΑ) ((ειδικότερα: 0=-), (ετ επίσημο en-us 0=-)) τοπική φυλακή,
  χώρος κράτησης, στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής για άτομα που
  αναμένουν να δικαστούν ή δικάζονται (προφυλακισμένοι), για
  καταδικασμένους σε πολύ μικρά χρονικά διαστήματα ή για παροδική κράτηση
  κατάδικων μέχρι να μεταφερθούν σε πολιτειακές ή ομοσπονδιακές φυλακές
     3 φυλάκιση
     Αγγλικά vb.
     φυλακίζω, βάζω στη φυλακή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jail
     n.
     1 A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against
  their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a
  place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some
  future judicial proceeding.
     2 (lb en uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
     3 (lb en horse racing uncountable) The condition created by the
  requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at
  another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
     4 In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have
  been struck by the ball are confined.
     5 (lb en computing FreeBSD usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for
  running a guest operating system instance.
     vb.
     To imprison.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  jail
     n.
     1 A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against
  their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a
  place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some
  future judicial proceeding.
     2 (lb en uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
     3 (lb en horse racing uncountable) The condition created by the
  requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at
  another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
     4 In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have
  been struck by the ball are confined.
     5 (lb en computing FreeBSD usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for
  running a guest operating system instance.
     vb.
     To imprison.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  jail
     n.
     1 A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against
  their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a
  place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some
  future judicial proceeding.
     2 (lb en uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
     3 (lb en horse racing uncountable) The condition created by the
  requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at
  another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
     4 In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have
  been struck by the ball are confined.
     5 (lb en computing FreeBSD usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for
  running a guest operating system instance.
     vb.
     To imprison.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  jail
     n.
     1 A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against
  their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a
  place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some
  future judicial proceeding.
     2 (lb en uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
     3 (lb en horse racing uncountable) The condition created by the
  requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at
  another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
     4 In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have
  been struck by the ball are confined.
     5 (lb en computing FreeBSD usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for
  running a guest operating system instance.
     vb.
     To imprison.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jail
     Englanti n.
     vankila
     Englanti vb.
     vangita

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jail
     Engelska n.
     1 fängelse
     2 fängelsestraff
     Engelska vb.
     fängsla

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Jail /dʒˈeɪl/
  السجن

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  jail //d͡ʒeɪ(ə)l// 
  апс, затво́р
  place for short-term confinement