LekhoriLekhoriA 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.
Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
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.
A surname.
The noun is from Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“...
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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.
To choose, select.