walePronunciation: /weɪl/Definition of wale noun 1a ridge on a textured woven fabric such as corduroy: [as modifier, in combination]: a skirt of mid-wale cotton corduroy wide-wale trousers 2 Nautical a horizontal wooden strip fitted as strengthening to a boat’s side. 3a horizontal band around a woven basket. Origin: late Old English walu 'stripe, weal'wale in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of wale in the US English dictionary
