n.
1.a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) gaol v.
1.lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Idiom of the Day
wait on (someone) hand and foot
to serve someone in every possible way, to do everything for someone
The man always waits on his wife hand and foot.