Synonyms for bale

Grammar : Noun

Spell : beyl

Phonetic Transcription : beɪl

Définition of bale

Origin : "large bundle or package," early 14c., from Old French bale "rolled-up bundle," from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German balla "ball"), from Proto-Germanic *ball-, from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).

noun bunch

Example sentences :

I have entrusted my bale to Leonhard Tucher and given over my white cloth to him.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Folk of the land it had lapped in flame, with bale and brand.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous

Then he sat down on a bale of hay and took stock of his misfortunes.
Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

My lawyer tells me, that every bale and every part of the bales must be equal to the sample.
Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer

But he pulled me off the bale by the leg, and that woke me up so I sensed what he was saying.
Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It is wonderful to see how the bulk of a bale can be reduced by hydraulic pressure.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

"They've called him back to confess us," he muttered in Bale's ear.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

But he did not; nor did Bale, though the servant's face betrayed the keenness of his anxiety.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

Who had certainly got rid of Bale by playing on his feeling for the man.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

We had to sling him up like a bale, for he was paralysed with fright.
Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad

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