Associations to the word «Gaol»

Wiktionary

GAOL, noun. (UK) (Ireland) (Australia) Alternative spelling of jail
GAOL, verb. (British) Alternative spelling of jail

Dictionary definition

GAOL, 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).
GAOL, 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King