Bale: alternatives and connections

To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or n…

A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation.

To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.

To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part…

A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.

Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.

A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…

A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.

A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt an…

United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy…

Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.

A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at th…

A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.

To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compac…

A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.