She was half full of water and he baled her as well as he could with his bonnet, then pushed her off!
No; breakfast will be ready by the time you have baled out the boat.
To him it was a baling tin; here there were no boats to be baled out—where was the use of it?
After the cotton is ginned and baled it is shipped to the mill.
The lid of the kettle served as a dish, into which he baled it with a tin cup.
When all the water is pumped or baled out, the vessel is said to be free.
He gets some in the packing of nursery stock, crockery, baled hay and straw.
He baled it out a second time, and permitted it to fill again.
We, however, pumped and baled, and tried to keep her clear of water.
As the boiling oil rose it was baled into copper cooling-tanks.
"bond money," late 15c., a sense that apparently developed from that of "temporary release from jail" (into the custody of another, who gives security), recorded from early 15c. That evolved from earlier meaning "captivity, custody" (early 14c.). From Old French baillier "to control, to guard, deliver" (12c.), from Latin bajulare "to bear a burden," from bajulus "porter," of unknown origin. In late 18c. criminal slang, to give leg bail meant "to run away."
"to dip water out of," 1610s, from baile (n.) "small wooden bucket" (mid-14c.), from nautical Old French baille "bucket, pail," from Medieval Latin *bajula (aquae), literally "porter of water," from Latin bajulare "to bear a burden" (see bail (n.1)). To bail out "leave suddenly" (intransitive) is recorded from 1930, originally of airplane pilots. Related: Bailed; bailing.
"large bundle or package," early 14c., from Old French bale "rolled-up bundle," from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German balla "ball"), from Proto-Germanic *ball-, from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).
"horizontal piece of wood in a cricket wicket," c.1742, originally "any cross bar" (1570s), probably identical with Middle French bail "horizontal piece of wood affixed on two stakes," and with English bail "palisade wall, outer wall of a castle" (see bailey).
"to procure someone's release from prison" (by posting bail), 1580s, from bail (n.1); usually with out. Related: Bailed; bailing.
