Law. Also 6 baily, 7 baylee. [f. BAIL v.1 + -EE.] One to whom goods are committed in trust for a specific purpose.
1528. Perkins, Prof. Bk., ii. § 140 (1642), 62. If afterwards the Baily deliver the Obligation to whom it was made.
1613. Sir H. Finch, Law (1636), 180. The baylement of goods to imploy, is, when the Bailee hath the things themselues to vse to anothers profit.
1875. Poste, Gaius, III. 423. These contracts all imply a delivery from the bailor to the bailee and a redelivery from the bailee to the bailor.