Meaning & use
Bailey
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The outer wall or the open courtyard enclosed by such a wall in a castle.
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Soldiers trained in the bailey while the lord watched from the keep.
The old motte-and-bailey castle still has traces of its wooden palisade.
A note on using this word
Central to medieval 'motte-and-bailey' castle design, where the bailey surrounded the raised motte.
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