a large amount of a light material pressed tightly together and tied up 大包,大捆(轻物品) bales of hay/straw/cotton/wool 大捆大捆的干草/稻草/棉花/羊毛
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBale is used after these nouns:- hay
Word OriginMiddle English: probably from Middle Dutch, from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ball ‘spherical object’.