bundling, vbl. n.
(ˈbʌndlɪŋ)
[f. bundle v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb to bundle, in various senses.
| 1650 Fuller Pisgah ii. v. 129 Haran..and Eden and Sheba..all near one another (as appeares by their bundling up together). 1705 Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. (1721) 242 That know no other Test of Holy Writ, but the Book-binders bundling them into one Volume. 1807 Edin. Rev. X. 109 An amusement in New England..called bundling. 1842 C. Masson Jrnl. Balochistan, &c. III. 287 Many of the Afghan tribes have a custom in wooing, similar to what in Wales is known as bundling-up. 1851 H. Melville Whale I. 58 A speechlessly quick..bundling of a man into Eternity. 1878 C. Wake Evol. Moral. I. 401 The custom of bundling..among Celtic peoples. |
| attrib. 1831 J. Holland Manuf. Metals I. 145 These are at the forge made up into faggots on the bundling bench. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts II. 450 It is..better to employ a bundling press than an ordinary table, as the yarn can then be made up more solidly. 1887 Scotsman 19 Mar. Advt., Bundling and packing machinery. |