bailer

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English

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Etymology

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From bail +‎ -er.

Noun

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bailer (plural bailers)

  1. One who bails or lades.
  2. A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IV, in Capricornia[1], New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 50:
      [] 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.
    • 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 10, in Klee Wyck[2]:
      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. (law) Alternative form of bailor
  4. (cricket, dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
  5. (cricket, dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.

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