noun jail 19-.
verb quadded, quodit jailed: ‘We’re quadded! we’re quadded!’ 20-. etymology: perhaps from quadrangle from the shape of the building where the jail was situated; form quod collected by EMcC/PS; attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies, BS in TDITA, SS, ET and BW; also collected by Simson (1865); form quodit attested by DW in DB note:
Lexicon Balatronicum (1811) and Grose and Egan (1823) attest the form quod ‘Newgate, or any other prison.’ (LB).
Form of the noun quod attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013).