Pail (container)
A pail is a technical term, used in the shipping industry, to designate a type of cylindrical shipping container with a capacity of about 1 to 12 gal (3 to 50 L). It can have straight or slanted sides and usually has a handle or bail.
The non-technical meaning is identical to bucket.
Construction
Pails can be made of
Pails are either "open head" with removable covers or are "tight head" with sealed heads and a screw closure.
Pails made of wood, and later metal, were originally used to transport milk, before the introduction of the milk churn.
Uses
Pails are used for a variety of fluids and flowable materials. When properly constructed and certified, they may be used for dangerous goods shipments.
Pails are shipping containers that are shipped individually, shipped as secure unit loads on pallets, or shipped in corrugated fiberboard boxes.
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Pailü
Pailü (Chinese: t 排律, s 排律, p páilǜ; Cantonese: Paai4-leot6) is one of the main forms of Classical Chinese poetry. It is a style of regulated verse (jintishi): the rules and regulations of the pailü allow for a poem composed of an unlimited series of linked couplets. The pailü form seems to have developed as part of 7th-century Tang poetry.
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Pail
Pail may refer to:
Kenning (unit)
A kenning is an obsolete unit of dry measure in the imperial system, equal to two pecks or half a bushel.
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