a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing
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the act of binding something into a bundle
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the act of shoving hastily
<noun.act> she complained about bundling the children off to school
Bundle \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.
3. to sell together as a single item at one inclusive price; -- usually done for related products which work or are used together. [PJC]
{To bundle off}, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony; as, the working mothers bundle their children off to school and then try to get themselves to work on time.
{To bundle one's self up}, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.
bundling \bundling\ n. 1. a former custom, especially in New England, in which unmarried couples occupied the same bed without undressing, especially during courtship. See {bundle[2]}, v. i. [WordNet 1.5]
2. the act of binding something into a bundle. [WordNet 1.5]
3. the act of shoving hastily; as, she complained about bundling the children off to school. [WordNet 1.5] ||
North Dakota residents were bundling up as an arctic mass moved in. Early this morning, wind chill temperatures were reported from 20 below zero to 50 below zero.
One of his favorite suggestions is that it's like bundling the kids into the family car and taking them for a Sunday drive with all the attendant squabbles and confusion that such outings bring.