bailer

bailer noun: one who bails or lades. Also the alternative form of bailor.

Noun

bailer (plural bailers)

One who bails or lades.
A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
- […] 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.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IV, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 50
- 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.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 10, in Klee Wyck
(dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
(dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.

Bailer (plural Bailers)

bailer is also the alternative form of bailor.

From bail + -er.

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from South German Bailer, a variant of Beiler. * A variant of the English surname Baylor.

What does bailer mean?: Bailer means one who bails or lades.
What is bailer in Tagalog?: Bailer in Tagalog is limás. See Bailer meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is bailer?: Bailer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bailer?: The plural of bailer is bailers.

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