pail
/peɪl/ noun C2- A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover). · The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.
- A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
Plural pails
From the library
And water in the nursery pails;
These shone in the sky, and the pail by the wall
Marilla sniffed, to express her contempt for Matthew’s opinions concerning anything feminine, and walked off to the dairy with the pails.
She gave some to Toto, and taking a pail from the shelf she carried it down to the little brook and filled it with clear, sparkling water.
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