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(archaic) a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
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fardel
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Wiktionary
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Etymology 1 alt. 1 A fourth part: a quarter of anything. 2 (context: historical) An English unit of land area variously understood as the fourth part of an oxgang or of a yardland. n. 1 A fourth part: a quarter of anything. 2 (context: historical) An English ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bundle, burden," c.1300, from Old French fardel "parcel, package, small pack" (13c., Modern French fardeau ), diminutive of farde , which OED says is "cognate with" (others say "from") Spanish fardo "pack, bundle," which is said to be from Arabic fardah ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fardel \Far"del\, n. [OF. fardel, F. fardeau; cf. Sp. fardel, fardillo, fardo, LL. fardellus; prob. fr. Ar. fard one of the two parts of an object divisible into two, hence, one of the two parts of a camel's load. Cf. Furl .] A bundle or little pack; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
Usage examples of fardel.
Age should throw off its fardel of aches and pains, and no longer groan along its weary road, meeting cold looks and unwilling welcomes, as both host and comrade grow weary of the same face, and the spendthrift heart has no longer quip or smile wherewith to pay the reckoning?
As he spoke, a dozen men rushed forward, each screening himself behind a huge fardel of brushwood.
After retrieving her fardel and lashing it to the saddle, she adjusted the stirrups and mounted.
Others carried coils of rope, fardels of bamboo poles, and rolls of cloth.