noun
1.
a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
2.
the vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric (opposed to course ).
3.
the texture or weave of a fabric.
4.
Nautical.
a.
any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship.
b.
5.
verb (used with object)
7.
to mark with wales.
8.
to weave with wales.
9.
Engineering, Building Trades. to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
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Origin:
before 1050; (noun) Middle English; Old English walu ridge, rib, wheal; cognate with Old Norse vǫlr, Gothic walus rod, wand; (v.) late Middle English, derivative of the noun
before 1050; (noun) Middle English; Old English walu ridge, rib, wheal; cognate with Old Norse vǫlr, Gothic walus rod, wand; (v.) late Middle English, derivative of the noun
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wale1 (weɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip |
| 2. | a. the weave or texture of a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy |
| b. Compare course a vertical row of stitches in knitting | |
| 3. | nautical |
| a. a ridge of planking along the rail of a ship | |
| b. See gunwale | |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to raise a wale or wales on by striking |
| 5. | to weave with a wale |
| [Old English walu | |
| wale2 (weɪl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a choice |
| 2. | anything chosen as the best |
| —adj | |
| 3. | choice |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to choose |
| [C14: from Old Norse val choice, related to German Wahl] | |
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Word Origin & History
wale
O.E. walu "ridge," as of earth or stone, later "ridge made on flesh by a lash" (related to weal (2)); from P.Gmc. *walo (cf. Low Ger. wale "weal," O.Fris. walu "rod," O.N. völr "round piece of wood," Goth. walus "a staff, stick," Du. wortel, Ger. wurzel "root"). The common
notion perhaps is "raised line." Used in reference to the ridges of textile fabric from 1583. Wales "horizontal planks which extend along a ship's sides" is attested from 1295.
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Medical Dictionary
wale (wāl)
n.
A mark raised on the skin, as by a whip; a weal or welt. v. waled, wal·ing, wales
To raise marks on the skin, as by whipping.
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Example sentences from the web
By contrast, in warp knitting, one yarn is required for every wale.
The width of the cord is commonly referred to as the size of the wale.
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