BUNDLES
Noun
bundles
plural of bundle
Verb
bundles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bundle
Source: Wiktionary
BUNDLE
Bun"dle, n. Etym: [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel,
G. bĂĽndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind.]
Definition: 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.
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.
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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition