Bumbailiff

[A corruption of bound - bailiff.] ( Eng. Law.) A subordinate officer whose duty it is to serve writs, and effect captions of debtors. (Used in a vulgar sense.) "Go, Sir Andrew, scout me for him at the corner of the orchard like a bumbailiff ." - Shaks. Bumbard, n. See BOMBARD. Bum'barge, n. Same as BUMBOAT, q . v. Bumbast, n. See BOMBAST.