To be confined in (prison). Obsolete.

To be or remain in a specified position of subjection, helplessness, misery, degradation, or captivity; to be kept in prison; to continue in sin…

Phrases. to put to lumber: to put in pawn or pledge. to be in lumber (slang): to be imprisoned; also, to be in trouble.

intransitive. Criminals' slang (chiefly U.S.).(a) To be convicted or sent to prison. (b) To be arrested. Cf. fall, n.2 7, phrases 2a(b); to go down…

to partake of (or enjoy) His (or Her) Majesty's hospitality: to be in prison. jocular.

intransitive. slang. To be sent to prison.