Pronunciation : Vale
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. Avalanche, Vail to lower, Valley.]
Definition : Defn: A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley. " Make me a cottage in the vale." Tennyson. Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. Montgomery. In those fair vales, by nature formed to please. Harte.
Note: Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.
Syn. -- Valley; dingle; dell; dale.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Vale
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See 2d Vail, 3.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913