Bâle

[bahl] /bɑl/
noun
1.
French name of Basel.
Examples from the web for Bâle
  • Mechanical reapers became even more efficient when adapted to bale the stalks into sheaves, too.
  • If their theory is correct, they're no longer searching for a needle in a haystack-merely a needle in a bale of hay.
  • We bought a bale of straw and left it in the backyard.
  • The green netting you see on the blocks is bale wrap.
  • He would literally carry the entire bale of straw around.
  • Poe's life was tragic, but he was about as unworldly as a bale of cotton.
  • Bale weights vary in other cotton-producing countries due to differing moisture content when cotton is compressed.
  • Serious straw bale: a home construction guide for all climates.
  • Straw bale structures cannot be designed for large storms and tend to fail during large runoff events.
  • Alfalfa hay storage losses study as influenced by bale type and storage method.
British Dictionary definitions for Bâle

Bâle

/bɑl/
noun
1.
the French name for Basle

bale1

/beɪl/
noun
1.
a large bundle, esp of a raw or partially processed material, bound by ropes, wires, etc, for storage or transportation: bale of hay
2.
a large package or carton of goods
3.
(US) 500 pounds of cotton
4.
a group of turtles
5.
(Austral & NZ) See wool bale
verb
6.
to make (hay, etc) into a bale or bales
7.
to put (goods) into packages or cartons
8.
(Austral & NZ) to pack and compress (wool) into wool bales
See also bail out
Word Origin
C14: probably from Old French bale, from Old High German ballaball1

bale2

/beɪl/
noun (archaic)
1.
evil; injury
2.
woe; suffering; pain
Word Origin
Old English bealu; related to Old Norse böl evil, Gothic balwa, Old High German balo

bale3

/beɪl/
verb
1.
a variant spelling of bail2

bale4

/beɪl/
noun
1.
a variant spelling of bail4
Word Origin and History for Bâle

bale

n.

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