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bale (n.)
"large bundle or package," early 14c., from Old French
bale
"rolled-up bundle," from Frankish or some other Germanic source (such as Old High German
balla
"ball"), from Proto-Germanic
*ball-
, from PIE
*bhel-
(2) "to blow, swell" (see
bole
).