English Dictionary

wale

noun

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

The hikers climbed over the wale to reach the other side of the mountain.

意味（1）

A ridge or low barrier.

意味（2）

A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy.

Coordinate term: course

意味（3）

The texture of a piece of fabric.

Crepon cloths, with their heavy crape-like wale, are a noteworthy part of the season's importations.

意味（4）

(nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)

The strakes between the several ranges of ports, beginning from under the upper-deck ports of a three-decked ship in the royal navy, are called the channel wale, the middle wale, and the main wale.

意味（5）

A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.

A few feet below the first wale another timber is inserted, likewise secured by struts.

意味（6）

A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.

Except Plank upon the Head of the Key, and under the upper Wale, and Plank to join the piles.

意味（7）

A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.

The wale is shaped to the size of the horse's neck, and then sewn together, with a flap, known as the 'barge', left free along one side. To this 'barge' the body of the collar is sewn.

意味（8）

A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.

Shall then that foule infamous Cyneds hide Laugh at the purple wales of others side?