Bailer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bailer is a noun meaning One who bails or lades.
Meaning
One who bails or lades.
More Meanings
- A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
- (law) Alternative form of bailor.
- (cricket, dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
- (cricket, dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.
Example Sentences
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.
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- bailers
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