lockup

A jail, especially one in which offenders are held while awaiting a court hearing.

The act or an instance of locking.

The state of being locked.

The act of locking up, or the state of being locked up. See to lock up, under lock, transitive verb

A room or place in which persons under arrest are temporarily confined.

A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse; a jail.

The act or state of temporary imprisonment in a lockup{1}.

A malfunction in a machine having moving parts, such that the moving part cannot move; a seizure.

A jail, prison.