noun custody; keeping.
2. bail ·noun a certain limit within a forest.
3. bail ·noun a division for the stalls of an open stable.
4. bail (·vt) to deliver; to release.
5. bail ·noun a line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
6. bail ·noun a bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
7. bail ·noun the arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.
8. bail ·noun the top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
9. bail ·noun a half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, ·etc.
10. bail ·noun the outer wall of a feudal castle. hence: the space inclosed by it; the outer court.
11. bail ·vt to dip or lade water from;
often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.
12. bail ·vt to lade; to dip and throw;
usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.
13. bail ·noun the person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court.
14. bail ·noun the security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one.
15. bail (·vt) to set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed.
xvi. bail (·vt) to deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier.