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Bailer

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who bails or lades.
  2. 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."

  3. 3
    Alternative form of bailor. alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching. dated
  5. 5
    A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them. dated

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bail + -er.

Etymology 2

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bailer, a variant of Beiler. * A variant of the English surname Baylor.

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