dial. and techn. [Etymology uncertain: it is not clear whether the word is connected with FADGE v. Cf. OF. fais bundle (mod.F. faix burden).] A bundle of leather, sticks, wool, etc.; a bale of goods.
1588. Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees), II. 180. Three hundrethe and threttene fadges of lynte. Ibid. (1596), 263. One hundredthe nynty and one fadgs, or bundels, of lynt.
1808. Jamieson, Fadge, a bundle of sticks.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Fadge, a name amongst leather sellers for a covering of undressed leather inclosing a bundle of patent or other valuable leather, corded, &c.
1882. Lanc. Gloss., Fadge, a burden, part of a horse’s load.
1883. Almondbury Gloss., Fadge, a bundle of cloth, wool, &c. fitted into a pack-sheet and fastened with skewers.
