Bailey
nounEtymology (English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)
1
An apple cultivar from New York
bailey
nounalso spelled Bailey/ˈbeɪli/
Etymology From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).
1
The outer wall of a feudal castle.
2
The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
3
In certain proper names A prison or court of justice.
- the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester
4
An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
- "Birds are dinosaurs" is the bailey; "birds are more similar to dinosaurs than anything else" is the motte.2023 February 10, “Why Birds Are Not Dinosaurs (And Why It Matters)”, in Answers in Genesis, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
- Derived terms
- motte and bailey