gaol
Brit. var. of JAIL .
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gaol [gaol gaols gaoled gaoling] ; gaoler
(BrE)
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gaol, gaoler
variant spellings of
jail,
jailer. In British official use the forms with G are still current; in literary and journalistic use both the G and the J forms are now admitted as correct;
in the U.S. the J forms are standard.
Useful english dictionary.
2012.