Vāle, n.

n. [O. Fr. val, Pr. val, vall, valh, vau, Sp. val, valle, Pg. & It. valle, Lat. vallis. Cf. VALLEY.] 1. A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse. “In those fair vales, by nature formed to please.” Harte. 2. A little trough or canal; as, a pump-vale to carry off the water from a ship’s pump. Syn.—Valley; dingle; dell.