bailer

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noun (1)

bail·​er ˈbā-lər 

plural bailers

: a device used to bail out a boat

The canoe was badly cracked, and she could not make it water-tight; but a calabash made from a coconut she stored on board for a bailer.

—Jack London

bailer

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noun (2)

bail·​er ˈbā-lər 

variant spelling of bailor

: a person who delivers personal property to another in trust

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bailer

• bailor
• baler
• jailer
• jailor
• paler
• sailer
• sailor
• scalar
• scaler
• tailor
• trailer
• whaler