bailey

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbeɪli/

Definition of bailey

19 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The outer wall of a feudal castle.
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noun

  1. The outer wall of a feudal castle.
  2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
  3. A prison or court of justice.
    “the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester”
  4. 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.”
  5. An apple cultivar from New York

name

  1. (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.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  4. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  5. (countable, uncountable)A unisex given name
  6. (US, countable, uncountable)A unisex given name
  7. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  8. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  9. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  10. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  11. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  12. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  13. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  14. (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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