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Wale.


1. (Shipwrighting.) A wide plank at certain portions of a ship's side, extending from stem to stern and describing the curve of the strakes. The wales are known as the main-wale, gunwale, channel-wale, etc.

Wagon-spring.

Hydraulic wagon-tipper.

The channel-wale of a man-of-war is below the lower deck-ports, and the main-wale between the ports of the respective decks.

2. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.

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