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bundling, vbl. n.|ˈbʌndlɪŋ|
[f. bundle v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb to bundle, in various senses.
1650Fuller Pisgah ii. v. 129 Haran..and Eden and Sheba..all near one another (as appeares by their bundling up together). 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. (1721) 242 That know no other Test of Holy Writ, but the Book-binders bundling them into one Volume. 1807Edin. Rev. X. 109 An amusement in New England..called bundling. 1842C. 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. 1851H. Melville Whale I. 58 A speechlessly quick..bundling of a man into Eternity. 1878C. Wake Evol. Moral. I. 401 The custom of bundling..among Celtic peoples.
attrib.1831J. Holland Manuf. Metals I. 145 These are at the forge made up into faggots on the bundling bench. 1875Ure 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. 1887Scotsman 19 Mar. Advt., Bundling and packing machinery. |