Bŭn'dle1, n.
n. [A-S. byndel, D. bondel, bundel, Ger. bündel, dim. of bund, bundle, from the root of bind, A-S. bindan, Ger. binden. See BIND.] A number of things bound together, especially 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; a bundle of old clothes. Every school-boy can have recourse to the fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. Goldsmith.