Gaol

Noun

 * 1)  Preferred
 * 1)  Preferred

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:jail

Verb

 * 1)  To confine in a gaol; to imprison

Thesaurus
POW camp, bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, black hole, blockade, bolt in, borstal, borstal institution, bound, box in, bridewell, brig, cage, cast in prison, cell, chamber, clap in jail, clap up, close in, compass, concentration camp, condemned cell, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, federal prison, fence in, forced-labor camp, guardhouse, hedge in, hem in, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold prisoner, house in, house of correction, house of detention, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, industrial school, intern, internment camp, jail, jailhouse, jug, keep, kennel, labor camp, leaguer, lock in, lock up, lockup, maximum-security prison, mew, mew up, minimum-security prison, oubliette, pen, pen in, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, pocket, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, quarantine, rail in, reform school, reformatory, shrine, shut in, shut up, sponging house, stable, state prison, stockade, surround, the hole, throw into jail, tollbooth, training school, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

Etymology
From gayole:,  gaylle:, gaille:, gayle:, gaile:, via  gaiole:, gayolle:, gaole: <   gabiola:, for *undefined:, a diminutive of  cavea:.

Derived terms

 * engaol
 * gaoler

Anagrams

 * goal
 * Olga

Etymology
From gáel:: ; compare Lithuanian gailùs:; Gothic gailjan:, German geil:; Greek φίλιος:.

Noun

 * 1) Relationship, kinship; kindred feeling.
 * 2) Relations, kin; relative.
 * 3) Relation between things, connection.

Etymology
From gáel:: ; compare Lithuanian gailùs:; Gothic gailjan:, German geil:; Greek φίλιος:.

Noun

 * 1) love, affection
 * tha gaol agam ort — I love you (literally "love is at me on you")
 * ghabh i trom ghaol air - she fell madly in love with him