Bailer

Definitions

1. One who bails or lades.
2. A surname.
3. A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
4. A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
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5. A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.
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Equivalents

Examples

“[…] 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.”

“Two bits was the top price that old Jenny knew. She asked two bits for everything she had to sell⟳, were it canoe-bailer, eagle's wing, cedar-bark basket or woven mat.”

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