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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wale/weɪl/

▶noun

1 a ridge on a textured woven fabric such as corduroy.

2 Nautical a horizontal wooden strip fitted as strengthening to a boat's side.

3 a horizontal band around a woven basket.

– origin OE walu ‘stripe, weal’.

'wale' also found in these Oxford entries:

gunwale - wale knot - wall knot - weal - whale

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