English Dictionary

bail

/beɪ̯l/

noun

A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket). / A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).

He threw the ball through the bail.

意味（1）

A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).

I reached across beneath the cow to attach a metal bail to each end of the strap so that the bail hung about 5 inches below the cow's belly. […] While stroking and talking to the cow, I reached under and suspended the machine on the bail beneath the cow, with its four suction cups dangling to one side.

意味（2）

A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).

More recently, the fixed bail, sometimes called the ‘milking parlour’, with either covered or open yards, has had a certain vogue and some very enthusiastic claims have been made for this method of housing.

意味（3）

A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.

意味（4）

(chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.

But until he had poured enough milk into the vat above the separator, I drove unmilked cows into the bail where he had previously milked and released one. He moved from one bail to the other to milk the next one I had readied. I drove each cow into the empty bail, chained her in, roped the outer hind leg then washed and massaged the udder and teats.

意味（5）

A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.

意味（6）

(cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.

As Jason Roy's throw came in from deep mid-wicket, a diving Guptill was short when Buttler removed the bails, sending England and the whole of Lord's into delirious celebrations.

意味（7）

(furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.