wale, strake
(noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
wale, welt, weal, wheal
(noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wale (plural wales)
A ridge or low barrier.
A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course).
The texture of a piece of fabric.
(nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle waling, simple past and past participle waled)
To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
wale (plural wales)
(Scotland, northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle waling, simple past and past participle waled)
(Scotland, northern England) To choose, select.
• alew, e-law, lawe, weal
Source: Wiktionary
Wale, n. Etym: [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. völr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. sq. root146. Cf. Goal, Weal a wale.]
1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal. Holland.
2. A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth. Thou 'rt rougher far, And of a coarser wale, fuller of pride. Beau & Fl.
3. (Carp.)
Definition: A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position. Knight.
4. (Naut.) (a) pl.
Definition: Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc. (b) A wale knot, or wall knot. Wale knot. (Naut.) See Wall knot, under 1st Wall.
Wale, v. t.
1. To mark with wales, or stripes.
2. To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 April 2025
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