wale /weɪl 
/ ▸ noun 1 a 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. 3 a horizontal band around a woven basket. – ORIGIN late Old English walu ‘stripe, weal’.
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