unbale

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bale

Verb

unbale (third-person singular simple present unbales, present participle unbaling, simple past and past participle unbaled)

  1. (transitive) To unpack from bales.
    • 1843, John Macgregor, Commercial statistics, page 1260:
      […] the following appear to be safe and desirable: […] Never to unbale cotton from America, if it be shown that it was not gathered during the prevalence of yellow fever at the place of production.

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