bail up
Australian and NZ informal to confine (a cow) or (of a cow) to be confined by the head in a bail: See bail 3
(tr) Australian history (of a bushranger) to hold under guard in order to rob
(intr) Australian to submit to robbery without offering resistance
(tr) Australian informal to accost or detain, esp in conversation; buttonhole
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How to use bail up in a sentence
The ghosts would then begin to bail up water out of the sea to empty it in the boat.
Japanese Fairy World | William Elliot GriffisShe could frighten a wildish cow and bail up anything that would stay in a yard with her.
Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf BoldrewoodWe rode up sharpish, and showed our revolvers, singing out to him to 'bail up'.
Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf BoldrewoodThe third mate seemed then somewhat cowed by my interference, and though he went round the ship and cried "bail up!"
The Iron Pirate | Max PembertonAnyway, the boy will lam the cow down with a jagged yard shovel, let her out, and bail up another.
While the Billy Boils | Henry Lawson
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