| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bai·ley |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b  l |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. bai·leys
1. The outer wall of a castle. 2. The space enclosed by this outer wall. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bailli, from Old French baille, probably from Latin bacula, pl. of baculum, log, stick. See bacillus.
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