quod

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

quod, n. [For quad, abbrev. of quadrangle.].

 A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison.  T. Hughes.  [1913 Webster]

quod, v. 

 Quoth; said. See Quoth.  [1913 Webster]
"“Let be,” quod he, “it shall not be.”"  [1913 Webster]

quod, v. t. 

 To put in quod, or prison; to lock up; to jug.  Kipling.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quod, n. Brit. sl. prison.

Etymology

17th c.: orig. unkn.

ROGET THESAURUS

quod

Prison

N prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.