[f. bail’s, gen. of BAIL sb.1 + MAN.] One who gives bail for another; a bail.
1862. Trollope, Orley F., xiii. 97. To act as one of the bailsmen for his mother’s appearance at the trial.
1875. Stubbs, Const. Hist., III. xx. 425. For each of them manucaptors or bailsmen were provided.
