Found 2 items, similar to wale.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: wale wale n 1: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: welt, weal, wheal] 2: thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship [syn: strake]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Wale Wale \Wale\, v. t. 1. To mark with wales, or stripes. [1913 Webster] 2. To choose; to select; specifically (Mining), to pick out the refuse of (coal) by hand, in order to clean it. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] Wale \Wale\, n. [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. v["o]lr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. [root]146. 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]