a bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.-to lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.-to dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.-to deliver; to release.-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.-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.-custody; keeping.-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.-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.-the arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.-a half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.-a line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.-the outer wall of a feudal castle. hence: the space inclosed by it; the outer court.-a certain limit within a forest.-a division for the stalls of an open stable.-the top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.