Bundling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bundle \Bun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bundled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Bundling}.]
     1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second
              into our own hackney coach.           --T. Hook.
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     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bundling
       n 1: a one-time custom during courtship of unmarried couples
            occupying the same bed without undressing
       2: the act of binding something into a bundle
       3: the act of shoving hastily; "she complained about bundling
          the children off to school"