bailey
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- noun
- /ˈbeɪli/
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- From there she could see Edmund on the far side of the bailey, lining his hostages up along the gatehouse battlements.
- the outer bailey
- bailey wall
- the inner bailey
Examples
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Two mural towers and the keep itself overlooked the little gate that led into the lower bailey.
Fiction book (1999) -
Children played in the bailey, enjoying the open space surrounded by the tall stone walls of the castle.
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"From the bailey wall, you can see them.
Fiction book (2001) -
Look down on the bailey wall's battlements.
Fiction book (2001) -
Guards drove them at spearpoint down the steps into the lower bailey.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then he stormed back across the bailey and into the keep, blood staining his hands.
Fiction book (1999) -
Two more flights were all it took to send the survivors fleeing for the bailey gate.
Fiction book (1999) -
But to be considered truly epic, a castle should have a second curtain wall, including an outer Bailey with its own towers and gatehouse.
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Jumping off the low kitchen roof, she raced across the bailey, beating Edmund to the main door of the keep.
Fiction book (1999) -
She led Nuala and Gwen straight through the keep and out the north door into the upper bailey.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
A defensive wall or enclosed yard around a castle tower
Compounds
- UK
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6.5
The central court in London that hears serious criminal trials for England and Wales
- Specialized
A temporary metal bridge built quickly from parts for people or vehicles to cross a river
How Fortified
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bailey comes from an old French word baille meaning 'enclosure' or 'yard'. So a bailey is the castle's enclosed courtyard or outer area inside the walls where people lived and worked.