"gaol" meaning in English

See gaol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒeɪ(ə)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaol.wav Forms: gaols [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English gayole, gaiol, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). See also cage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gayole}} Middle English gayole, {{der|en|fro|gaiole}} Old French gaiole, {{der|en|ML.|gabiola}} Medieval Latin gabiola, {{der|en|LL.|caveola}} Late Latin caveola, {{der|en|la|cavea||cavity, coop, cage}} Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gaol (countable and uncountable, plural gaols)
  1. (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail. Tags: Commonwealth, countable, uncountable Derived forms: engaol, gaol-bird, gaolbird, gaol fever Related terms: gaoler
    Sense id: en-gaol-en-noun-ZQg-53Ei Categories (other): Commonwealth English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with mixed convergence, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms with mixed convergence: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 46 13 9 4 14 11 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 11 8 3 12 9 3

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒeɪ(ə)l/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaol.wav Forms: gaols [present, singular, third-person], gaoling [participle, present], gaoled [participle, past], gaoled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English gayole, gaiol, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). See also cage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gayole}} Middle English gayole, {{der|en|fro|gaiole}} Old French gaiole, {{der|en|ML.|gabiola}} Medieval Latin gabiola, {{der|en|LL.|caveola}} Late Latin caveola, {{der|en|la|cavea||cavity, coop, cage}} Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)
  1. (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail. Tags: Commonwealth
    Sense id: en-gaol-en-verb-ZQg-53Ei Categories (other): Commonwealth English, English terms with mixed convergence Disambiguation of English terms with mixed convergence: 51 49

Inflected forms

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