Emily Dickinson Lexicon

jail (-s), n. [OFr gaylle.] (webplay: prison).

1. Punishment; [fig.] hell; damnation; Hades; place of torment for the wicked.
2. Prison; detention; confinement; place for those convicted of an offense; building that detains persons accused of a crime.
3. Restraint; [fig.] grammar school; institution of learning.