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Noun: bailey  bey-lee
  1. The outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
    "The invaders breached the bailey but were stopped at the inner walls"
     
  2. The outer courtyard of a castle
    "Knights practised their jousting in the bailey"
Noun: Bailey  bey-lee
  1. English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)
    - Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey
     
  2. United States singer (1918-1990)
    - Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey

Sounds like: Bailey, bailie

Derived forms: baileys, Baileys

Type of: bulwark, court, courtyard, lexicographer, lexicologist, rampart, singer, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer, wall

Encyclopedia: Bailey, Michigan