bale
noun
[ beɪl ]
• a large wrapped or bound bundle of paper, hay, or cotton.
• "the fire destroyed 500 bales of hay"
bale
verb
• make up into bales.
• "the straw is left on the field to be baled later"
Origin:
Middle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ball1.
bale
noun
• evil considered as a destructive force.
Origin:
Old English balu, bealu, of Germanic origin.
bale
verb
• variant spelling of bail3.
bail
verb
• scoop water out of a boat or ship.
• "when we started bailing, the boat was filled with water"
• abandon a commitment, obligation, or activity.
• "after 12 years of this, including Sunday Mass with the family, I bailed"
Origin:
early 17th century: from obsolete bail ‘bucket’, from French baille, based on Latin bajulus ‘carrier’.
