n (context|furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail, as the wire bail handle shown in the drawing.
v (Australia|New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
v (Australia|New Zealand) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with (term|up).)