What is "wale knot"

Wale \Wale\, n. [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. v["o]lr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. [root]146. Cf. Goal, Weal a wale.]

1. A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.
   --Holland.

   Syn: welt; weal; wheal.

2. A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.

   Thou 'rt rougher far, And of a coarser wale, fuller of pride.
   --Beau. & Fl.

3. (Carp.) A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
   --Knight.

4. (Naut.)

   1. pl. Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc.

   2. A wale knot, or wall knot.

      Wale knot. (Naut.) See Wall knot, under 1st Wall.