bailer
nounEtymology From bail + -er.
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.
- […] 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:
- 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:
3
Law Alternative Alternative form of bailor.
4
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Dated A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
5
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Dated A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.
- Derived terms
- gill bailer