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bailer

noun

Etymology

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bailer, a variant of Beiler. * A variant of the English surname Baylor.

  1. borrowed from Bailer

Definitions

  1. One who bails or lades.

  2. A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing

    A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.

    • […] he had them help him fashion a mast from the sweep and attach wire stays to it and tear the jib to the shape he desired and make a bailer from canvas and wire and bent wood.
    • Two bits was the top price that old Jenny knew. She asked two bits for everything she had to sell, were it canoe-bailer, eagle's wing, cedar-bark basket or woven mat.

  3. Alternative form of bailor.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.

    2. A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.

    3. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA