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bailers

bailers is the plural of bailer.

Meaning of bailer

Noun

bailer (plural bailers)

  1. One who bails or lades.
  2. 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
  3. (dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
  4. (dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.

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Proper noun capitalized: Bailers

Bailers

  1. (plural) plural of Bailer

Phrases with bailers

Questions about bailers

What is bailers the plural of?
Bailers is the plural of bailer.
What part of speech is bailers?
Bailers is a proper noun.

Words near bailers in the dictionary

  1. bailed out on
  2. bailed up
  3. bailee
  4. bailees
  5. bailer
  6. bailers
  7. bailes
  8. bailey
  9. Bailey bridge
  10. Bailey bridges
  11. Bailey County

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