Bale
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A quantity or pack of goods or merchandise, wrapped or packed in cloth and tightly corded.
Wharton.
A bale of cotton means a bale compressed so as to occupy less space than if in; 2 Car. & P. 525.