One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality

A ridge or low barrier. / A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. / The texture of a piece of fabric.

To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt. / To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger. / To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.

(Scotland, Northern England) Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.

(Scotland, Northern England) To choose, select.

plural of wale

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wale

simple past tense and past participle of wale

(slang) Alternative form of whale on

Vanda sanderiana, a species of orchids endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines