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bai⋅ley

[bey-lee]
–noun, plural -leys.
1. the defensive wall surrounding an outer court of a castle.
2. the courtyard itself.
Also, ballium.


Origin:
1250–1300; ME, var. of bail 4

Bai⋅ley

[bey-lee]
–noun
1. Liberty Hyde, 1858–1954, U.S. botanist, horticulturist, and writer.
2. Nathan or Nathaniel, died 1742, English lexicographer.
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bai·ley   (bā'lē)   
n.   pl. bai·leys
  1. The outer wall of a castle.

  2. The space enclosed by this outer wall.


[Middle English bailli, from Old French baille, probably from Latin bacula, pl. of baculum, log, stick; see bacillus.]
Bai·ley   (bā'lē)   
British lexicographer whose Universal Etymological English Dictionary, first published in 1721, was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson and was the first English dictionary to treat etymology consistently.
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