"bailey" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪli/ Audio: en-us-bailey.ogg 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 Head templates: {{en-noun}} bailey (plural baileys)
  1. The outer wall of a feudal castle.
    Sense id: en-bailey-en-noun-pMvLtcXW
  2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
    Sense id: en-bailey-en-noun-~PrznFn~
  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: 7 31 55 7 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Sicilian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 82 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 4 90 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 6 82 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 92 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 8 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 8 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 5 88 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 5 8 78 9
  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), bagghiu [masculine] (Sicilian) Translations (space contained by the outer wall of a castle): linnanpiha (Finnish), bagghiu [masculine] (Sicilian)
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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