bay

bay [-s] n

Fr. bai < L. badius, horse color.

1. Reddish-brown horse; magical animal that pulled a coach in the Cinderella fairy tale.

bay [-s] n

1. ² [Fr. < late L. baia.] (webplay: sea, smaller). Gulf; harbor; sound; wide marine opening; indentation of the sea into the land; place for launching ships; [fig.] afterlife; passage between life, death, and the next life; distance that separates mortality from eternity.