wale
1the texture or weave of a fabric.
Nautical.
any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship.
a ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
to mark with wales.
to weave with wales.
Engineering, Building Trades. to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
Origin of wale
1Words Nearby wale
Other definitions for wale (2 of 2)
something that is selected as the best; choice.
Origin of wale
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How to use wale in a sentence
It was on the Derby, he himself having bet that the Prince of wale's horse would win.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerAs the thought passed through her, she saw on Amy's neck a frightful upswollen wale.
Weighed and Wanting | George MacDonaldMr. Quintus Slide, when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly, could generally raise a wale.
Phineas Finn | Anthony TrollopeWe may doubt, however, whether she had ever realized how terribly her scourges would wale him.
Mr. Scarborough's Family | Anthony TrollopeHis business was to wale dismal, and bow his head down, the band (a barrel organ and a wiolin) playin slow and melancholly moosic.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward | Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
British Dictionary definitions for wale (1 of 2)
/ (weɪl) /
the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip
the weave or texture of a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy
a vertical row of stitches in knitting: Compare course (def. 14)
nautical
a ridge of planking along the rail of a ship
See gunwale
to raise a wale or wales on by striking
to weave with a wale
Origin of wale
1British Dictionary definitions for wale (2 of 2)
/ (weɪl) Scot and Northern English dialect /
a choice
anything chosen as the best
choice
(tr) to choose
Origin of wale
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