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Gaol
/dʒeɪl/
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
📖 Definitions of "Gaol"
noun
- 1
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- 2
Confinement in a jail.
- 3
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.
verb
- 1
To imprison.
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