[beyl] 
noun, verb, baled, bal⋅ing.| 1. | a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, esp. one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering: a bale of cotton; a bale of hay. |
| 2. | a group of turtles. |
| 3. | to make or form into bales: to bale wastepaper for disposal. |
| bale 1 (bāl) n. A large package of raw or finished material tightly bound with twine or wire and often wrapped: a bale of hay. tr.v. baled, bal·ing, bales To wrap in a bale or in bales: a machine that bales cotton. [Middle English, from Old French; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.] bal'er n. |
