"bailey" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbeɪli/ Audio: en-us-bailey.ogg [US] Forms: baileys [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪli Etymology: From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|baile||palisade, enclosure}} Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), {{der|en|la|bacula}} Latin bacula, {{m|la|baculum||stick, rod}} baculum (“stick, rod”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bailey (plural baileys)
  1. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Categories (topical): Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-bailey-en-noun-pMvLtcXW Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 16 35 42 8
  2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress. Categories (topical): Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-bailey-en-noun-~PrznFn~ Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 16 35 42 8
  3. (in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice. Categories (topical): Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-bailey-en-noun-R~9KSjAx Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 16 35 42 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 5 69 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 6 77 5
  4. An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
    Sense id: en-bailey-en-noun-Aw13~Y0V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: motte and bailey Translations (outer wall of a castle): ulkomuuri (Finnish), bábhún [masculine] (Irish), ballium (english: medieval) [neuter] (Latin) Translations (space contained by the outer wall of a castle): linnanpiha (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'outer wall of a castle': 49 44 1 5 Disambiguation of 'space contained by the outer wall of a castle': 46 48 1 5

Inflected forms

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