noun
pail
PAYL/peɪl/
A bucket, especially one with a handle.
The metal pail rests beside the garden tap with its handle raised.
Etymology
Middle English paile already named a bucket. Its probable ancestry lies in a term for a cooking pan or liquid measure, connecting it with other household vessels.
In context
we've got two pails of water on each by each tree i'd say use about a half a pail and wet this down
More examples
- The children fill their pails with sand.
- A metal pail catches the drips under the sink.
- He rinses the mop in a pail of soapy water.
Forms
pail · pails
pailful noun — An amount that fills one pail.
Similar words
- bucket
- Usually interchangeable; more common as a general term.