courtyard vs jail

courtyard

noun
  • An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings. 

jail

noun
  • In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined. 

  • Confinement in a jail. 

  • A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance. 

  • A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. 

  • The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). 

verb
  • To imprison. 

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