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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.