Wale Definition

wāl
waled, wales, waling
noun
wales
A raised line or streak made on the skin by the slash of a stick or whip; welt; weal.
Webster's New World
A ridge on the surface of cloth, as corduroy.
Webster's New World
Texture of cloth.
Webster's New World
A band or ridge woven around the body of a basket to brace it.
Webster's New World
A gunwale.
American Heritage
verb
waled, wales, waling
To mark (the skin) with wales.
Webster's New World
To make (cloth) or weave (wickerwork) with wales.
Webster's New World
To choose; pick out; select.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Wale

Noun

Singular:
wale
Plural:
Wales

Origin of Wale

  • Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)welə- (“to choose, wish”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala "choice" (German wählen "to choose"), Old English willan (“to want”). More at will.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English wale, from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welʷ- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Akin to Low German wāle; Old Norse vala (“knuckle”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English variant of walu wel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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