bailey

Meanings

1. The outer wall of a feudal castle.
2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
3. A prison or court of justice.
4. An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).

1. A surname.
2. An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official.
3. An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).
4. An Irish surname originating as an occupation, an anglicization of Báille (“bailie”).
5. A unisex given name
6. A male given name transferred from the surname.
7. A female given name transferred from the surname.
8. A placename
9. A sea area, to the north of Rockall, centred on the former Bill Bailey Bank (now Rockall Basin), located in the Atlantic.
10. A number of places in the United States:
11. An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
12. An unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota.

1. An apple cultivar from New York

Etymology

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

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