Clavicle fractures happen in three situations where stress is enough to break the bone: 1  a person suffers a blow to the shoulder. 2  someone falls onto an outstretched arm. 3  the clavicle is hit directly (as in a collision)
Dictionary entry overview: What does pail mean? â¢ PAIL (noun) The noun PAIL has 2 senses: 1. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top 2. the quantity contained in a pail Familiarity information: PAIL used as a noun is rare.
1. a container, usu. cylindrical, with a handle; bucket. 2. the amount filling a pail. [before 1000; Middle English payle wooden container, Old English paegel pÃ¦gel wine, container liquid (measure Compare Middle, Dutch Low german pegel half)]. pinter dinner pail swung from her right hand, and she had a blissful consciousness of the two soda biscuits spread with butter and syrup, the baked cup-custard, the doughnut, and the square of hard gingerbread.