bailer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From bail + -er.
Meanings
- One who bails or lades.
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A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
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.
1941, Emily Carr, chapter 10, in Klee Wyck:[…] 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.
1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IV, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 50:
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of bailor.
alt of bailor
- (dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
- (dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bailers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (22)
bg черпак (a utensil) · it sassola (a utensil) · ca sàssola (a utensil) · it aggottatoio (a utensil) · zdj upvo class 11/10a (a utensil) · sv öskar (a utensil) · fj inima (a utensil) · ru черпак (a utensil) · ms limas (a utensil) · mi tīheru (a utensil) · pau olimet (a utensil) · mi tatā (a utensil) · pt bartedouro (a utensil) · fj nima (a utensil) · tl limás (a utensil) · pt bartedoiro (a utensil) · ceb limás (a utensil) · pt vertedoiro (a utensil) · grc ἀντλητήρ (a utensil) · fr écope (a utensil) · pt vertedouro (a utensil) · fi sanko (a utensil)