ALL meanings of bail up
bail up
B b - verb bail up to confine (a cow) or (of a cow) to be confined by the head in a bail 3
- verb bail up (of a bushranger) to hold under guard in order to rob 3
- verb bail up to submit to robbery without offering resistance 3
- verb bail up to accost or detain, esp in conversation; buttonhole 3
- noun bail up Cricket. either of the two small bars or sticks laid across the tops of the stumps which form the wicket. 1
- noun bail up British, Australian. a bar, framework, partition, or the like, for confining or separating cows, horses, etc., in a stable. 1
- noun bail up bails, Obsolete. the wall of an outer court of a feudal castle. 1
- idioms bail up bail up!, Australian. (the cry of challenge of a pioneer or person living in the bush.) 1