[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wale \wale\, n. as. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably
   originally, a rod; akin to icel. v"olr, goth. walus a rod,
   staff. root146. cf. goal, weal a wale.
   1913 webster
   1. a streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a
      stripe; a wheal. see wheal. --holland.

   syn: welt; weal; wheal.
        1913 webster

   2. a ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth;
      hence, the texture of cloth.
      1913 webster

            thou 'rt rougher far,
            and of a coarser wale, fuller of pride. --beau. 
                                                  fl.
      1913 webster

   3. carp. a timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them
      together and in position. --knight.
      1913 webster

   4. naut.
      a pl. 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.
          1913 webster

   wale knot. naut. see wall knot, under 1st wall.
      1913 webster
see also:
goal weal wheal wale knot wall knot wall 

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