breast timber
noun Building Trades.
Words nearby breast timber
breast,
breast beam,
breast drill,
breast line,
breast pump,
breast timber,
breast wall,
breast wheel,
breast-beating,
breast-feed,
breastbone
Definition for breast-timber (2 of 2)
wale
1
[ weyl ]
/ weɪl /
noun
verb (used with object), waled, wal·ing.
Origin of wale
1
before 1050; (noun) Middle English; Old English
walu ridge, rib,
wheal; cognate with Old Norse
vǫlr, Gothic
walus rod, wand; (v.) late Middle English, derivative of the noun
British Dictionary definitions for breast-timber (1 of 2)
wale
1
/ (weɪl) /
noun
the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip
- the weave or texture of a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy
- a vertical row of stitches in knittingCompare course (def. 14)
nautical
- a ridge of planking along the rail of a ship
- See gunwale
verb (tr)
to raise a wale or wales on by striking
to weave with a wale
Word Origin for wale
Old English
walu
weal
1; related to Old Norse
vala knuckle, Dutch
wäle
British Dictionary definitions for breast-timber (2 of 2)
wale
2
/ (weɪl) Scot and Northern English dialect /
noun
a choice
anything chosen as the best
adjective
choice
verb
(tr)
to choose
Word Origin for wale
C14: from Old Norse
val choice, related to German
Wahl
Medical definitions for breast-timber
wale
[ wāl ]
n.
A mark raised on the skin, as by a whip; a weal or welt.
v.
To raise marks on the skin, as by whipping.