pail
See also: pa'il
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Bail_%28PSF%29.png/220px-Bail_%28PSF%29.png)
Etymology
From Middle English payle (“wooden container”), of uncertain origin.
Possibly from Old English pæġel (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz, equivalent to peg + -le. Compare Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”).
Alternatively from Old French paielle (“pan, cooking vessel, liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“shallow dish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɪl/, enPR: pāl
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Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eɪl
- Homophone: pale
Noun
pail (plural pails)
- 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).
- Synonym: bucket
- The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.
- (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
Derived terms
Translations
bucket — see bucket
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Dalmatian
Etymology
Noun
pail m
- (body) hair
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