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See also:BAILEY (said to be a corruption of Ballium by some, and derived by others from the Fr. baille, a corruption of bataille, because there the soldiers were drilled in See also:battle See also:array) , the open space between the inner and See also:outer lines of a fortification . Sometimes there were more than one, as the Inner and Outer See also:Bailey; there are in See also:England the Old Bailey at See also:London and at See also:York, and the Upper and Nether Baileys at See also:Colchester . |
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