bail 3
(bāl)
(bāl)n.
1. The arched hooplike handle of a container, such as a pail.
2. An arch or hoop, such as one of those used to support the top of a covered wagon.
3. A hinged bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen.
4. The pivoting U-shaped part of a fishing reel that guides the line onto the spool during rewinding.
5. A small loop, usually of metal, attached to a pendant to enable it to be strung on a necklace or bracelet.
[Middle Englishbeil, perhaps fromOld English*begelorof Scandinavian origin; see bheug- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
bail3covered wagon
- mothball
- moth-eaten
- mother
- mother
- "Mother Ann."
- "Mother Bloor."
- motherboard
- "Mother Cabrini."
- Mother Carey's chicken
- mother cell
- mother country
- motherese
- mother figure
- motherfucker
- motherfucking
- Mother Goose
- mother hen
- motherhood
- motherhouse
- Mother Hubbard
- mothering
- mother-in-law
- "Mother Jones."
- motherland
- motherless