bailey
noun/ˈbeɪli/
/ˈbeɪli/
- the open area of a castle, inside the outer wallWord OriginMiddle English: probably from Old French baile ‘palisade, enclosure’, baillier ‘enclose’, perhaps from Latin baculum ‘rod, stick’.
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