wale

Definitions


[weɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a ridge on a textured woven fabric such as corduroy
(e.g: a skirt of mid-wale cotton corduroy)

- a horizontal wooden strip fitted as strengthening to a boat's side

- a horizontal band around a woven basket


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English walu ‘stripe, weal’




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