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dry pail

noun

Etymology

From dry + pail.

  1. derived from patella — “small pan, shallow dish, platter”
  2. derived from paielle — “frying pan, warming pan; a liquid measure”
  3. derived from *bak-✻ — “peg, club”
  4. inherited from *pagil✻
  5. inherited from pæġel — “wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; a liquid measure”
  6. inherited from payle — “bucket, pail, milking pail”
  7. compounded as dry pail — “dry + pail”

Definitions

  1. A small basket or bucket or hanging wet bag, usually with holes to allow for airflow and…

    A small basket or bucket or hanging wet bag, usually with holes to allow for airflow and sometimes without a lid, used to store soiled cloth diapers or, very rarely, disposable diapers; a diaper pail without water or cleaning solution.

    • Other people have recommended a wastebasket with a tight-fitting lid. We didn't think at the time that that would provide enough odor containment; now I think that it would, for a dry pail system.
    • A dry diaper pail can be either a hard pail with a liner or a hanging pail (just the wet bag or liner). A dry pail isn’t exactly dry, since you fill it with wet diapers, but "dry" refers to not adding more water.

  2. To use a dry pail.

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