noun
- a building where people are held in custody, especially while awaiting trial or serving short sentences
Usage: chiefly American
Examples
- The old jailhouse was converted into a museum.
- He spent three nights in the county jailhouse.
- The historic jailhouse still stands in the town square.
- She visited her brother at the local jailhouse.
- The jailhouse was overcrowded with inmates.
- They toured the abandoned jailhouse on the ghost walk.