Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bundle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bundle
n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package},
{packet}, {parcel}]
2: a package of several things tied together for carrying or
storing [syn: {sheaf}]
v 1: make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions"
[syn: {bundle up}, {roll up}]
2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her
fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the
registration desk" [syn: {bunch}, {bunch up}, {cluster}, {clump}]
3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: {pack},
{wad}, {compact}]
4: sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
[syn: {practice bundling}]
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