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Definitions for Waling

[1] a number of wales, taken as a whole.
[2] timber for use as wales.
[3] wale1(def 5) .
[4] a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
[5] the vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric (opposed to course).
[6] the texture or weave of a fabric.
[7] Nautical . any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship. gunwale.
[8] Also called breast timber, ranger, waling. 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.
[9] a ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
[10] to mark with wales.
[11] to weave with wales.
[12] Engineering , Building Trades . to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
[13] something that is selected as the best; choice.
[14] to choose; select.
[15] the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip
[16] the weave or texture of a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy a vertical row of stitches in knitting Compare course (def. 14)
[17] nautical a ridge of planking along the rail of a ship See gunwale
[18] to raise a wale or wales on by striking
[19] to weave with a wale
[20] a choice
[21] anything chosen as the best
[22] choice
[23] (tr) to choose

Words nearby Waling

walesa, lech, waley, walfish bay, walhalla, wali, waling, walk, walk a tightrope, walk all over, walk away, walk away from

Origin of Waling

e21250–1300; Middle English wal(e ) < Old Norse val choice, velja to choose

Word origin for Waling

eC14: from Old Norse val choice, related to German Wahl