jailering

noun

jailering

noun
1

The work or role of a jailer.

  • […] until, in obeisance to Elizabeth, they voted themselves the jailers of her victim Mary Queen of Scots; and from their jailering the history of this house has been one of religious and political versatilities.1844, James Edward Devereux, On Lord Wharncliffe's Catholic Bequest Bill, page iv:
  • The Household Guard are the finest soldiers in the Western empire, and tend to regard jailering as below their dignity.2017, K. J. Parker, The Two of Swords:

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