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Webster 1913 Edition


Bailey

Bai′ley

,
Noun.
[The same word as
bail
line of palisades; cf. LL.
ballium
bailey, OF.
bail
,
baille
, a palisade,
baillier
to inclose, shut.]
1.
The outer wall of a feudal castle.
[Obs.]
2.
The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
[Obs.]
3.
A prison or court of justice; – used in certain proper names;
as, the
Old Bailey
in London; the
New Bailey
in Manchester
.
[Eng.]
Oxf. Gloss.