BAILS


BAILS


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Word: bails
Phonetic: /beɪlz/
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Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
The person providing such payment.
A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
A person who bails water out of a boat.
Custody; keeping.
To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
To release a person under such guarantee.
To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment. Example: to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier
To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out. Example: to bail water out of a boat
To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out. Example: to bail a boat
To set free; to deliver; to release.
To exit quickly. Example: With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail.
To fail to meet a commitment.
A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
(furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
To secure the head of a cow during milking.
To confine.
To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)


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