📖 Definitions 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)
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.
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