Straw Bail
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Nominal or worthless bail. Professional sureties, so called, it is said, from an ancient custom of such persons of wearing a straw about their clothing, that they might be known to one in search of bail. Common bail {q. v.)