n. A hoop or ring; a piece of wood, metal, or other material bent into the form of a circle or half-circle, as a hoop for supporting the tilt of a boat, the cover of a wagon or cradle, etc. Specifically The hoop forming the handle of a kettle or bucket.n. One of the iron yokes which serve to suspend a lifecar from the hawser on which it runs.n. A stout iron yoke placed over heavy guns and fitting closely over the ends of the trunnions, to which it is attached by pins in the axis of the trunnions: used to raise the gun by means of the gin.n. An arched support of a millstone.n. A wooden canopy formed of bows.To provide with a bail; hoop.In law: To deliver, as goods, without transference of ownership, on an agreement, expressed or implied, that they shall be returned or accounted for. See bailment.To set free, deliver, or liberate from arrest and imprisonment, upon security given that the person bailed shall appear and answer in court or satisfy the judgment given: applied to the action of the magistrate or the surety.Figuratively, to release; liberate.To be security for; secure; protect.n. Power; custody; jurisdiction.n. The keeping of a person in nominal custody on security that he shall appear in court at a specified time.n. Security given to obtain the release of a prisoner from custody, pending final decision in the action against him.n. Figuratively, security; guaranty.n. Liberation on bail: as, to grant bail.n. The person or persons who provide bail, and thus obtain the temporary release of a prisoner.n. [Bail, being an abstract noun applicable to persons only by ellipsis, is not used in the plural.]n. To vouch (for a thing): as, I'll go bail for that.n. A bar; a cross-bar.n. In cricket, one of the two little bars or sticks, about 4 inches long, which are laid on the tops of the stumps, one end resting in the groove of one stump, and the other in that of the next.n. A bar or pole to separate horses in a stable.n. A framework for securing the head of a cow while she is being milked.n. [The earliest use in E.] Milit.: plural The outer wall or line of defenses, originally often made of stakes; barriers; palisades. See palisade. Hence— The space inclosed by the outer wall; the outer court of a castle or a fortified post: in this sense usually called bailey. See bailey.n. A certain limit in a forest.To bar in; confine.To provide with a bail.n. A bucket; a pail; especially, a bucket or other small vessel used to dip water out of a boat.To remove (water), or free (a boat, etc.) from water, with a bail, bucket, basin, or other small vessel: usually with out.To remove water, as from a boat or the like, with a bail or bucket.etc. Obsolete and less proper spelling of bale, etc.n. In Canadian law, a demise of realty.n. In practice, the formal entering of fictitious bail when special bail is not required. It is intended merely to express the appearance of a defendant.To halt or surrender when “bailed up” or “held up” by a highway-man.
