A plastic beach 'pail' was lying on the sand.
She poured a 'pail' of water on the campfire.
Fill up that 'pail' [='bucket'] with water.
(..) as this unfortunate... As this fallen... And in your precious, delicate condition. Oh, Kostya. Good. A clean nightshirt and sheets. A towel and a clean pail of warm water. Wait. And bring the perfume bottle, in the outside pocket of my handbag. Twenty-one to Stremov, four to Karenin. (..)2012 Anna Karenina