bailey
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈbeɪli/
Definition of bailey
19 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
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noun
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
- The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
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A prison or court of justice.
“the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester”
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An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
“"Birds are dinosaurs" is the bailey; "birds are more similar to dinosaurs than anything else" is the motte.”
- An apple cultivar from New York
name
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(countable)A surname.
““I did not initiate, welcome, encourage, engage in, or learn from much less enjoy, [Adam] Bailey’s tirade. I did not base any part of any of my rulings on it, as Bailey has outlandishly, mistakenly, and defamatorily claimed,” Engoron wrote.”
- (countable, uncountable)A surname.
- (countable, uncountable)A surname.
- (countable, uncountable)A surname.
- (countable, uncountable)A unisex given name
- (US, countable, uncountable)A unisex given name
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).
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