Alternative spelling of jailbait

(US) A surety, used to obtain the release of a criminal defendant who has been required to give bail.

(transitive) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money. / (transitive, nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.

An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a steward or official. / An English topographic surname from someone who lived by a bailey (the outer wall of a castle).

An apple cultivar from New York

(Internet) A deliberately provocative posting intended to start a flame war.

a street in the City between Holborn circus and St Paul's Cathedral / the Central Criminal Court in this street; the Crown Court in City of London / (by extension) The English legal system

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

The predecessor of the castle, having a raised earth mound (the motte) topped with a tower (or donjon), and a wooden ring fortification surrounding a courtyard (the bailey).

(humorous) One who has been, or is likely to be, attacked by a shark. / (humorous, by extension) One who is in a precarious or vulnerable position; a dead duck.