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jail
noun
a
building
or
place
where
people
are
kept
as
punishment
for
minor
crimes
or
while
they
wait
for
their
trial
•
After
the
police
caught
him
,
the
thief
spent
a
night
in
jail
.
After
the
police
caught
him
,
the
thief
spent
a
night
in
jail
.
•
She
volunteers
at
the
local
jail
to
teach
inmates
how
to
read
.
She
volunteers
at
the
local
jail
to
teach
inmates
how
to
read
.
From
Middle
English
jaile
,
from
Old
French
jaiole/gaiole
,
from
Latin
caveola
“
small
cage
.”
verb
to
put
someone
in
jail
;
to
imprison
•
The
court
decided
to
jail
the
smuggler
for
five
years
.
The
court
decided
to
jail
the
smuggler
for
five
years
.
•
Authorities
jailed
the
protest
leader
overnight
.
Authorities
jailed
the
protest
leader
overnight
.
Derived
from
the
noun
“
jail
,”
used
as
a
verb
since
the
17th
century
.
noun
(
computing
)
an
isolated
,
restricted
user-space
environment
used
to
run
software
securely
on
FreeBSD
and
some
other
Unix-like
systems
•
The
system
administrator
created
a
new
security
jail
for
the
web
server
.
The
system
administrator
created
a
new
security
jail
for
the
web
server
.
•
Each
application
runs
in
its
own
jail
to
prevent
attacks
.
Each
application
runs
in
its
own
jail
to
prevent
attacks
.
Adopted
metaphorically
from
the
physical
sense
of
“
jail
,”
highlighting
the
idea
of
confinement
and
isolation
in
computing
security
.
