bailey
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English
Etymology
From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bailey (plural baileys)
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
- The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
- (in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice.
- the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester
- An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
- 2023 February 10, “Why Birds Are Not Dinosaurs (And Why It Matters)”, in Answers in Genesis, archived from the original on 2023-03-15:
- "Birds are dinosaurs" is the bailey; "birds are more similar to dinosaurs than anything else" is the motte.
Derived terms
Translations
outer wall of a castle
space contained by the outer wall of a castle
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References
- “bailey”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “baile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.