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pail

noun
/peɪl/US

Etymology

From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”), of an uncertain origin. Likely from Old English pæġel (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; a liquid measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *pagil, from Proto-Indo-European *bak- (“peg, club”), equivalent to peg + -le. Compare West Frisian pegel (“liquid measure, fourth of a litre, half-pint”), German Pegel (“level of liquid, level”), Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”). Doublet of peil. Alternatively from Old French paielle (“frying pan, warming pan; a liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“small pan, shallow dish, platter”), diminutive of patina (“broad shallow pan, stewpan”). Perhaps a conflation of both.

  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”

Definitions

  1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used…

    A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).

    • The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.

  2. A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

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