wale

Meaning of wale

noun
  1. A ridge or low barrier.
  2. A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course).
  3. The texture of a piece of fabric.
  4. A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
  5. A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
  6. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
  7. A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
  8. A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
verb
  1. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
  2. To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.

noun

Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.

verb

To choose, select.

Information about wale

  • The plural form of wale is: wales.
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Hyphenation of wale

wale

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • wale is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wale synonyms

Meaning welt:

welt, weal, wheal

Meaning strake:

strake

Anagrams of wale

alew, weal

Words that rhyme with wale

Dwale, dwale, woodwale, littlewale, chainwale, giinwale, gunwale, inwale, pinwale, afterwale, swale, outwale, twale

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