BUNDLING

bundling

(noun) the act of shoving hastily; “she complained about bundling the children off to school”

bundling

(noun) the act of binding something into a bundle

bundling

(noun) a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

bundling

present participle of bundle

Noun

bundling (countable and uncountable, plural bundlings)

Arrangement in a bundle or collection.

An old custom in Wales, New England, and elsewhere for sweethearts to sleep on the same bed without undressing.

Source: Wiktionary

BUNDLE

Bun"dle, n. Etym: [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. bündel, 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