Va-līse', n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. valise, It. valigia, Sp. valija, L. Lat. valisia, valizia, valesia, vallegia, Ger. felleisen, Lat. as if valitia, vidulitia, from Lat. vidulus, a leathern trunk, knapsack.] A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other materials, for containing the clothes, &c., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.

☞ Sometimes incorrectly written vallise.