Bumble - a regional word for rush

Two of the late 17th century inventories from the Lincolnshire Archives, for John Brooke (1665) and William Botamley (1691) include entries for 'Bumbles' and the entry from ‘The English Dialect Dictionary’  Joseph Wright, OUP 1898 is set out:

“BUMBLE, sb.⁶ Yks. Lin. [bu-ml.]   1. The bulrush, Scirpus lacustris, with which chairs are  bottomed. Also used attrib.   Lin. The chair's got a bumble bottom (R.E.C.). n.Lin. N. & Q.  (1852) 1st S v. 375 ; n.Lin.¹ I can't abide them bumble-seated  chairs ; it's makkin' onessen like a Paapist to set doon 'e one  on 'em. sw-Lin.¹   2. Comp. Bumble-barfan, a horse-collar made of reeds  or rushes as distinguished from the leather bargham (q.v.).   n.Yks. 12 ne. Yks.¹ The bumble-barfam was specially used for  young colts and fillies when first yoked (s.v. Barfhame). m.Yks. ¹  VOL. I.     [Bull-rushes ... in some countries . . . are called  bumbles, WESTMACOTT Script. Herbal (1694) 32.]” 

It seems to have been a relatively rare usage; a search of the British Newspaper Archive reveals only one advertisement that uses the term. In the Lincolnshire Chronicle, 3 March 1854 appears the following insertion: 

• NAVENBY, near LINCOLN. Important SALE of AGRICULTURAL STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., &c. To be SOLD AUCTION, By Mr. Rd. Talbot, On Tuesday, the 7th day of March, 1854, on the premises of the late Mr. Thomas Pearson, at Navenby aforesaid, (by order of the Trustees,) THE following very valuable LIVE & DEAD STOCK, Brewing Utensils, Ale Casks, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c, &c. The LIVE and DEAD STOCK comprise 1 grey mare rising four-years-old, 1 black horse seven-years-old, excellent milch cow, 3 calves, 3 gilts in-pig, 1 sow in-pig, 1 narrow-wheeled waggon, nearly new, 2 ditto Scotch carts, 1 horse cart, 1 light spring cart, 2 thrashing machines, six-horse power, 1 hermaphrodite, jack riddle, 3 ladders, turnip and seed drill, 12 colters, corn and seed drill, 12 colters, ridge drill, 2 pair of harrows, drags, 2 ploughs, elm, ash, and oak planking, sheep troughs, pig ditto, well ditto, quantity of old iron and metal, lot of turnip trays, 2 picks, dressing machine complete, machine cloths, four ropes, weighing machine, sheep netting and stakes, forks, rakes, scythes and shafts, strike, roller, quantity of sacks, 3 pair of gears, 3 cart saddles, 4 bluffs, hip straps and cruppers, saddle and bridle, tackling for horses, chaff box, harness for light cart, tumbrels, Prince Regent potatoes, stack pegs, wheelbarrow, scuttles, stone riddle, stone hammer, iron bar, &c, &c. The HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c, consists of feather beds and bedding, 3 camp bedsteads, four-post bedstead, three stump bedsteads, six joiners' chairs, three bumble-bottom chairs, two ditto, and stools, two dressing tables, twenty-four hour clock, corner cupboard, sets of drawers, oak chest, ditto, mangle, wainscot dining table, wainscot desk, superior eight day clock, sofa, two wainscot tea tables, magogany stand, 6 excellent Windsor arm chairs; also a large brewing copper, barrels, and all necessary brewing utensils, and a variety of other articles, too numerous to mention. The sale of Live and Dead Stock will commence at Eleven o'clock precisely, and the Furniture immediately after. Auction and Valuation Offices, Bank-street, Lincoln.

Note that Mr Pearson also had the good taste to have half a dozen each joiners' chairs and "excellent Windsor arm chairs".