jail \jail\ j=al, n. oe. jaile, gail, gayhol, of. gaole,
   gaiole, jaiole, f. ge^ole, ll. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage,
   for l. cavea cavity, cage. see cage.
   a kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons
   held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with
   reference to some future judicial proceeding. written also
   gaol.
   1913 webster

         this jail i count the house of liberty.  --milton.
   1913 webster

   jail delivery, the release of prisoners from jail, either
      legally or by violence.

   jail delivery commission. see under gaol.

   jail fever med., typhus fever, or a disease resembling
      it, generated in jails and other places crowded with
      people; -- called also hospital fever, and ship fever.
      

   jail liberties, or jail limits, a space or district
      around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on
      certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --abbott.

   jail lock, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also
      scandinavian lock.
      1913 webster
see also:
cage gaol jail delivery jail delivery commission gaol jail fever 
hospital fever ship fever jail liberties jail limits jail lock 
scandinavian lock