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Definition of Embale
1. v. t. To make up into a bale or pack.
Definition of Embale
1. to form into a bale [v EMBALED, EMBALING, EMBALES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embale
Literary usage of Embale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: Adapted to the by John Walker (1874)
"See lower, before To embale. To EM ACER ATE See under To Emaciate. ...
To embale=gm-bal«', va To pack up. To EMBALM, gm-bim', 12'2, 139: ra Tr, ..."
2. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"It took us no less than four hours to strip and refresh them, and then to embale
them in the manner I have described. Few of us escaped without frost-bitten ..."
3. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... or embale. To enclose, or pack up as in a bale. Fair/, Tasto, iii, 62, And
her straight legs most bravely were lu ..."
4. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"pack up (embale), -la t ore, M. : man employed to pack up (embaler). -latura, F.
: act of packing up. ..."
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