the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. See bailey.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as bail, 5.
n. Same as bailey.
Word Usage
"And my dark apprehensions gained double force when a stone was dislodged by my foot (which may have trembled), and rolled with a sharp echo down into the ballium, or whatever it should be called, where these desperadoes stood."