Bundle pillar

Bundle pillar
Bundle Bun"dle (b[u^]n"d'l), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. b["u]ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See {Bind}.] A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes. [1913 Webster]

The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

{Bundle pillar} (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. --Weale. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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