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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
- 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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