<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.</li><li>The vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric (course).</li><li>The texture or weave of a fabric.</li><li>Nautical: Any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship; gunwale.</li><li>Also called breast timber.</li><li>Engineering, Building Trades: A horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members, as sheet piling or concrete form boards, or for retaining earth at the edge of an excavation.</li><li>A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) Waled, wal·ing: To mark with wales.</li><li>To weave with wales.</li><li>Engineering, Building Trades: To reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>