Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bale \Bale\, n. [OE. bale, OF. bale, F. balle, LL. bala, fr.
   OHG. balla, palla, pallo, G. ball, balle, ballen, ball round
   pack; cf. D. baal. Cf. {Ball} a round body.]
   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.

   {Bale of dice}, a pair of dice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.