Category:Vale

Vale, n. Etym: [oe. val, f. val, l. vallis; perhaps akin to gr. Avalanche, vail to lower, valley.]

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.

Vale Vale, n.

Defn: see 2d vail, 3.