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What is a bailey?

What is a bailey? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The outer wall of a feudal castle.
  2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
  3. (in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice.
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Even with the bailey wall between the people and the demons and undead outside, they still kept their distance.
The bailey and battlements were dotted with small fires, and men stood around them, more for something to do than for warmth.
Many of the houses in the north and south bailey were built or refaced in the 18th century.
From the thinning mist, Sibyl watched as the serfs outside the outer bailey plowed the acres of harvest-ready grain and whatnot.
They passed by the blacksmith and toward the curtain wall of the outer bailey.
Begun by Arnulf de Montgomery, a son of Roger de Montgomery, earl of Shrewsbury, it has an inner and outer bailey.

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