\Bun"dle\ (b[u^]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin
to D. bondel, bundel, G. b["u]ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr.
the root of E. bind. See {Bind}.]
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.
{Bundle pillar} (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of
   small dimensions attached to it. --Weale.

\Bun"dle\, v. t. [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.
{To bundle off}, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony.
{To bundle one's self up}, to wrap one's self up warmly or
   cumbrously.

\Bun"dle\, v. i.
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. --Bartlett.
         Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to
         eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and
         bundle with the Yankee lasses.        --W. Irving.