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Definition of bale:

A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.
Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.
See Bail, v. t., to lade.
To make up in a bale.

Synonyms:

bunch, Basle, package, parcel, study at package, Basel.

Usage examples:

There might have been a bale of marten's furs- for the trade was just getting brisk in that article.

- "The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas", James Fenimore Cooper.
The rope slipp'd up quickly, letting down the bale with a run.

- "The Splendid Spur", Arthur T. Quiller Couch.
It is long when the accent is on the vowel; as, Fall, bale, mood, house, feature.

- "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.