Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for JAIL
JAIL, n. [Fr. geole; Arm. geol or jol; Sp. jaula, a cage, a cell. Sometimes written very improperly gaol, and as improperly pronounced gole.]
A prison; a building or place for the confinement of persons arrested for debt or for crime, and held in the custody of the sherif.
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