Etymology

bailey

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Today it means: The outer wall of a feudal castle. Full definition →

Old French baile ← Latin bacula
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bailey · noun1

  1. Latin · derived frombacula
  2. Old French · derived frombaile“palisade, enclosure”
  3. English todaybailey

From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).

Bailey · proper noun, noun2

(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)

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