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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : weyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : weɪl |
Définition of wale
Origin :- Old English walu "ridge," as of earth or stone, later "ridge made on flesh by a lash" (related to weal (n.2)); from Proto-Germanic *walo (cf. Low German wale "weal," Old Frisian walu "rod," Old Norse völr "round piece of wood," Gothic walus "a staff, stick," Dutch wortel, German wurzel "root"). The common notion perhaps is "raised line." Used in reference to the ridges of textile fabric from 1580s. Wales "horizontal planks which extend along a ship's sides" is attested from late 13c.
- noun rib of fabric
- Vertical staving was used to carry the wale around the stern.
- Extract from : « The Migrations of an American Boat Type » by Howard I. Chapelle
- Wale put the lid on in case his employer might hear any more of his sentiments.
- Extract from : « The King of Diamonds » by Louis Tracy
- With two weavers of blue and one of natural, weave two rows of Wale.
- Extract from : « Practical Basketry » by Anna A. Gill
- That chap that disna speak is ane o' the wale o' the Ha's: I ken him weel for a' his half visor.
- Extract from : « The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by James Hogg
- Neea whaar sooa far south, Mrs. Wale, ma'am; but ma father was off times down thar cuttin' peat.
- Extract from : « J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- His business was to wale dismal, and bow his head down, the band (a barrel organ and a wiolin) playin slow and melancholly moosic.
- Extract from : « The Complete Works of Artemus Ward » by Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
- Armstrong fell back, against the bench, perfectly livid, with the wale of the blow standing out red and distinct across his cheek.
- Extract from : « The Air Trust » by George Allan England
- Mr. Quintus Slide, when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly, could generally raise a wale.
- Extract from : « Phineas Finn » by Anthony Trollope
- Mind thy latter end, Paul, and reverence the old, without axing what they has been before they passed into the wale of years.
- Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The weather is cruel, but the place 323 is, as I dare say you know, the very “wale” of Scotland—bar Tummelside.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
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