bailing bucket

bailing bucket

[′bāl·iŋ ‚bək·ət]
(engineering)
bailer
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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