To charge or burden with a bundle or pack, or a number of such; to load (a pack-horse, etc.); to lade (a ship). Obsolete.

transitive. To place a load on or in; to load (e.g. a vehicle, ship, beast of burden, etc.). Also, in passive; charged with: laden with, bearing. Obs…

transitive. To load (a horse, etc.) with a pack.

transitive. To load (a beast of burden); figurative to overload (but cf. farcinate, v.).

To load the back of (an animal) with.

transitive. To load with hampers; to present with a hamper (humorous).