Noun []. bale (plural bales) . A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.. 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 563: So having made up my mind, I packed up in bales a quantity of precious stuffs suited for sea-trade and repaired with them from Baghdad-city to Bassorah-town, where I found ship ready for …

