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confuse|Whaleother usesA wale is a broad, thick plank around the outside of a wooden ship.
The garboard is the wale next to the keel; the gunwale is the top such plank and covers the heads of the timbers between the main and fore drifts. http://www.hmssurprise.org/Resources/SteelSWVMLex.html Steel: Explanation of shipbuilding terms 1805
Gunports on armed ships were placed in the Middle Wales. http://www.maryrose.org/ship/hull2.htm The Ship - Construction - The Hull - Page 2 of 3
A horizontal member of a tieback wall which transmits the force from the tieback to the beams.
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http://home.att.net/~shipmodelfaq/ResearchNotes/smf-RN-WaleWidth.html Wale width, planking width/evolution of wales
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