Bundle — Defs

01 n. 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;…

1.
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.

Phrases & compounds

Bundle pillar — a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it.

02 v. t. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.

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.
3.
to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; -- usually done for related products which work or are used together.

Phrases & compounds

To bundle off — to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony; as, the working mothers bundle their children off to school and then try to get themselves to work on time.

To bundle one's self up — to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.

03 v. i. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.

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.
“Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses.” — W. Irving.

Phrases & compounds

To bundle up — to dress warmly, snugly, or cumbrously.