bailey
IPA: bˈeɪɫi
noun
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
- The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
- (in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice.
- An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
- An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.
- An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
- An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.
- A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin).
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri; named for early settler John Martin Bailey.
- A ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
- A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.
- An apple cultivar from New York
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Examples of "bailey" in Sentences
- The curator of the exhibition was David Bailey.
- Cody and Bailey mend their relationship at the end of the episode.
- Bailey then bargained with the seller in the presence of the victim.
- Bailey also vowed to give recognition to the unsung heroes of the city.
- Bailey and the curator introduce themselves to the audience and listeners.
- The terrain of the bailey is slightly raised above the surrounding lowland.
- Bailey was buried at Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in nearby Hayward, California.
- It was in fact one of the less egregious of the charges leveled against Bailey.
- The scientific name of the species honors the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey.
- Dr. W. H. Bailey was the first physician and druggist to locate in the new town.