Meaning of Bailer | Babel Free

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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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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