bundle
noun
several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together.
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
At the door, however, I was accosted by one of the two men who, for several days had been bundling my hay in the stable lofts.
From My Home in the Field of Honor by Frances Wilson Huard