Bushel /(bụsh"ĕl)/

1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

   Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick?

3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
4. A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.]

   The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or the number of the pieces.

5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush. [Eng.]

imp. & p. p. Busheled; p. pr. & vb. n. Busheling

1. To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. (Tailoring) [U. S.]