bailing

noun

bailing

noun

/ˈbeɪlɪŋ/

1

The act by which something is bailed.

  • He took a bucket and bailed the muddy stuff out right to the bottom, and let it fill up to be again bailed out. After three bailings the water came in cold, sweet, and pure as crystal.1903, Ernest Thompson Seton, Two Little Savages:

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