jailhouse

Noun jailhouse has 1 sense

• jailhouse(n = noun.artifact) clink, gaol, jail, pokey, poky, slammer - 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);
has particulars: bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction, lockup, workhouse
is a kind of correctional institution