How to pronounce“wale”in English
nounLondon. and his father is sent back or sent away from London. The prince of
Wales says, "I'll take care of the little boy." And so you have this little boy who is has the best job in the world for a musician, but at the same time has
no family. And in this poem, the prince has ordered him to go into his room and
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Definitions of “wale”
A ridge or low barrier.
A raised rib in knitted goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
“Most twills are continuous—the wale goes from one corner to the one diagonally opposite. Pattern, however, can be achieved by periodically changing the direction of the wales.”
To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
“Would suffer his lazy rider to bestride his patie: back, with his hands and whip to wale his flesh, and with his heels to dig into his hungry bowels?”
To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger.
“When faced with an adulthood that offered few options, grinding poverty and marriage to a man who drank too much and came home to wale on his own family or...no beatings.”
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