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👖 A fabric ridge 🚢 A ship plank 🤕 A skin mark 🥲 To mark skin
wale

wale

9.9
A thick wooden board along the side of a ship that strengthens and protects it
  • noun
  • /weɪl/
  • Archaic
translation icon : tablón de refuerzo
  • During the repair, they replaced the old wale with a new piece to ensure the ship's durability.

Examples

  • Sometimes I think that I like Wale so much because his vocals sound similar to Lupe's except

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  • It's a fucking mixtape, not a street album. Lupe doesn't need to, have to, or go to make a street album because he already made it. Street albums are for folks that are trying to get in the game like Drake, Blu, Cudi, Wale, Charles Hamilton, and them.

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  • Wiz Khalifa, Wale, Drake, J. Cole, Curren$y, then we get Lupe, Slaughterhouse (kinda), and a few others that have brought rap to greatness.

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  • The ship's hull was reinforced with a sturdy wale to protect it from damage during storms.

  • The carpenter explained how the wale on the side of the boat adds structural integrity.

Synonyms

strake
vswale
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A long line of planks on a ship's side that strengthens the hull

is specifically a reinforcing thick band used for protection rather than any hull plank

Compounds

wide wale
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A thick fabric with wide raised lines

narrow wale
8.3

A corduroy fabric with thin, closely spaced raised lines

How Thick

keel
  • Specialized
6 7.4
beam
104 2.7
wale
  • Archaic
9.9
plank
56 1.7
board
274 1.0

Surface Forms

wale singular
wales plural

Etymology

Wale for a ship plank is easy to remember if you think of it as a side 'wall' that protects and strengthens the hull, a long protective strip along the ship.