baler

noun

1. A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.

- Farmer Jones is in straits because his baler is broken down and he's got three fields of hay ready to bale.

2. A person who creates bales, either by operating or feeding such a machine, or by creating the bales by hand.

- Hank worked as a baler for Farmer Jones part time, to make ends meet.