Bundle \Bun"dle\ (b[u^]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin
to D. bondel, bundel, G. b["u]ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr.
the root of E. bind. See Bind.]
A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope,
into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance;
a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a
bundle of old clothes.
The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle,
no strength could bend. --Goldsmith.
Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of
small dimensions attached to it. --Weale.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bundled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bundling.]
1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second
into our own hackney coach. --T. Hook.
To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony.
To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or
cumbrously.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. i.
1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without
ceremony.
2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to
the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus
sleeping. --Bartlett.
Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to
eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and
bundle with the Yankee lasses. --W. Irving.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |