Gaol dream meaning is explained below using 2 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.
Interpretation 1 — Gustavus Hindman Miller
If you dream of being confined in a gaol, you will be prevented from carrying forward some profitable work by the intervention of envious people; but if you escape from the gaol, you will enjoy a season of favorable business.
See Jail.
Source: Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation • Author: Gustavus Hindman Miller
Interpretation 2 — Internet Archive - Anonymous
An obstacle dream.
If you are released, it shows great good fortune, for disgrace, in any form, in a dream is an omen of contrary, so there is a large element of success in spite of your present difficulties.
Source: Mystic Dream Book • Author: Internet Archive - Anonymous