v. [f. EN- + BALE sb.3 Cf. F. emballer to pack up.] trans. To do up (goods) into bales or packages; also fig.
1727. A. Hamilton, New Acc. E. Ind., II. xxxiii. 17. Gunnies … in use in Persia for embaling Goods.
1739. in Hanway’s Trav. (1762), I. I. viii. 39. There are conveniencies for … the embaling a thousand cloths.
1827. Carlyle, Richter, Misc. (1869), 10. Embaled in some fantastic wrappage.
