Synonyms for pail
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : peyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : peɪl |
Définition of pail
Origin :- mid-14c., of uncertain origin, probably from Old French paele, paelle "cooking or frying pan, warming pan;" also a liquid measure, from Latin patella "small pan, little dish, platter," diminutive of patina "broad shallow pan, stewpan" (see pan (n.)).
- Old English had pægel "wine vessel," but etymology does not support a connection. This Old English word possibly is from Medieval Latin pagella "a measure," from Latin pagella "column," diminutive of pagina (see page (n.1)).
- noun bucket
- noun container
- He disappeared only to return with a pail of cold water to temper the first.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- This man asked me where I was bound with my pail, and I told him.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Take it out with a wooden ladle, and put it into a small tub or pail.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- But the others could find no fault with it, and Sereno drained the pail.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- Then he went forward, and drew the pail from Amelia's unwilling grasp.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Ichabod had been holding a pail of water so that a horse might drink.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- He waved one hand gayly; the other was carrying a pail of water.
- Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
- In hot weather I place a piece of ice in flannel on the top of the pail.
- Extract from : « Black Bass » by Charles Barker Bradford
- When Miette had said that she must go away, she told Silvere that he could draw his pail of water.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- As he slightly stirred his pail, the water murmured, and the smile faded.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
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