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bale

UK/beɪl/ US/ˈbeɪl/ uncommon archaic obsolete uk
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
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verb

1.

make into a bale

  • “bale hay”

Origin

From Middle English bale (“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Old English bǣl (“pyre, funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą (“pyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine; gleam; sparkle”). Cognate with Old Norse bál (which may have been the direct source for the English word).

Phrases

  • bale of dice

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