gaol

gaol has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a 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)
• 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"