Pail

Definition of pail:

part of speech: noun

Open vessel for liquids; bucket.

part of speech: noun

An open vessel of wood, etc., for holding or carrying liquids.

part of speech: noun

An open vessel of wood or metal with a handle: used for carrying water, etc.

Usage examples for pail:

• Pomp explained that John had tried to get his pail from him. "Frank's Campaign or the Farm and the Camp", Horatio Alger, Jr..

• At this moment Sibyl came into view, carrying a pail of water. "The Old Stone House", Anne March.

• And once when her ma wuz gone he asked her where the milk pail wuz, and she wantin' to be on the safe side wouldn't say a word. "Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition", Marietta Holley.

• She had a two- quart tin pail that was hung over a short branch near her hands, and as she began to pick the cherries, she sang or called to her companions. "Natalie: A Garden Scout", Lillian Elizabeth Roy.