bailey

[ bey-lee ]

/ ˈbeɪ li /

the defensive wall surrounding an outer court of a castle.

the courtyard itself.

Also ballium.

Origin of bailey

1250–1300; Middle English, variant of bail⁴

Bailey

[ bey-lee ]

/ ˈbeɪ li /

Liberty Hyde,1858–1954, U.S. botanist, horticulturist, and writer.

Nathan or Nathaniel,died 1742, English lexicographer.

Circus parades often became as large a sight as the performance itself; one Barnum and Bailey parade stretched for three miles.

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In 1881, along came Bailey, operator of another circus, and two circuses joined to give rise to the first three-ring spectacle.

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Bailey and one of the other women said that Freundel specifically instructed them not to tell others about the re-dunk.

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Bailey, who is also dating the director, said working on a Leigh production was incredibly arduous.

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“My balls are getting stuck,” Bailey Jay complains at one point, crossing and re-crossing her mile-long legs.

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She's cured of her lameness now, and is grown up to be a very pretty girl, Bailey said.

Georgina's Service Stars |Annie Fellows Johnston
This paper says that Congdon was seen by one person and one only at Bailey Harbor.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! |Meredith Nicholson
Rushing into the bailey he saw the men-at-arms milling about confusedly, while women screeched.

The Hour of the Dragon |Robert E. Howard
He hurried on and Stuffer came behind him, and presently the pair struck a wagon road running directly past the old Bailey barn.

The Putnam Hall Rebellion |Arthur M. Winfield
Finally, then, how could you know that Bailey was injured and unconscious?

Average Jones |Samuel Hopkins Adams

bailey

/ (ˈbeɪlɪ) /

the outermost wall or court of a castle

C13: from Old French baille enclosed court, from bailler to enclose; see bail ³

Bailey

/ (ˈbeɪlɪ) /

David . born 1938, English photographer

Nathan or Nathaniel . died 1742, English lexicographer: compiler of An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1721–27)