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Meanings of wale in English

Portuguese
coluna
Spanish
columna
Wikidata

Column of loops in a knitted fabric.

coluna
Russian
бархоут

Ship element.

Related terms
бархоут

A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions.

Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship.

Usage of wale in English
1
Then it was over the wale and onto one of the thwarts.
Servant of a dark god
2
Her thighs spread the wale of her brown cords wide.
Chosen: a novel
3
As the thought passed through her, she saw on Amy's neck a frightful upswollen wale.
Weighed and Wanting
4
The Bertrams were ay the wale o' the countryside!
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain ...
5
Argoth reached up with his good hand, grasped the top wale, and swung his leg up.
Servant of a dark god
6
The dreadman's hand grasped the wale behind him.
Servant of a dark god
7
Canst thou see the wale of a stick?
The Talking Beasts: A Book of Fable Wisdom
8
It's all a wale, a wale o' tears.
A Beautiful Possibility
9
Some of the men wore wide-wale corduroy pants and duck boots and cable-knit sweaters and scarves.
An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in new england: a novel
10
It's like an unbelievably thin, narrow-wale corduroy.
Wired
11
The captain'll wale me if I don't.
Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
12
Mr. Quintus Slide, when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly, could generally raise a wale.
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
13
It's a wale o' tears an' we ain't got nuthin' else ter look fer but triberlation an' woe.
A Beautiful Possibility
14
Oh, it's a wale o' tears!
A Beautiful Possibility
15
A hand grasped the wale.
Servant of a dark god
16
How you t'ink I get so far down the wale of life, Simon, and nebber see sich a t'ing?
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
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Translations for wale
Portuguese
coluna
Spanish
columna
Wale through the time