Definition of "bailer"

[…] he had them help him fashion a mast from the sweep and attach wire stays to it and tear the jib to the shape he desired and make a bailer from canvas and wire and bent wood.

1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IV, in Capricornia‎, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 50

Two bits was the top price that old Jenny knew. She asked two bits for everything she had to sell, were it canoe-bailer, eagle's wing, cedar-bark basket or woven mat.

1941, Emily Carr, chapter 10, in Klee Wyck‎