unbale

English edit

unbale (third-person singular simple present unbales, present participle unbaling, simple past and past participle unbaled)

(transitive) To unpack from bales.
- 1843, John Macgregor, Commercial statistics, page 1260:
  […] the following appear to be safe and desirable: […] Never to unbale cotton from America, if it be shown that it was not gathered during the prevalence of yellow fever at the place of production.