Meanings of bail up in English

Could they make us " bail up," we should be helpless to injure them.

We rode up sharpish, and showed our revolvers, singing out to him to ' bail up'.

She could frighten a wildish cow and bail up anything that would stay in a yard with her.

After a bit we could milk, leg-rope, and bail up for ourselves, and help dad brand the calves, which began to come pretty thick.

The cows are wild, and must be bailed up and foot-roped.

Looked to be bolting when bailed up behind the leaders in a Scone trial.

Maybe they had treed a cat or bailed up a fox in its hole.

Just at the worst pinch or at a turn, some one sings out ' Bail up.'

In quick time Brown's black slut bailed up an "old man" full of fight.

There was a general shout of ' Bail up!'

Two of them bailed up a waggoner of mine, coming out with a load from the port.

The shepherds were badly beaten, and then bailed up, and a couple of hundred sheep were driven off.

Not a week has passed without complaints of his bailing up and robbing teamsters on their way down to Sydney.

"Yes," snivelled Joe; "but Anderson's dog had a k-k-k-angaroo bailed up."

When Xenophon is bailed up by a customer, Tsagariolos ducks round the counter to make sure I've observed the people skills.

Stories were told of unsuccessful chases, misunderstandings, and complications arising out of Howlett's mania for running down and bailing up travellers.