Wale(n.)
- A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.
Wale(n.)
- A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
Wale(n.)
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
Wale(n.)
- Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc.