Wales

noun
1.
a division of the United Kingdom, in SW Great Britain. 8016 sq. mi. (20,760 sq. km).
noun
1.
a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
2.
the vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric (opposed to course).
3.
the texture or weave of a fabric.
4.
Nautical.

any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship.
gunwale.

5.
Also called breast timber, ranger, waling. Engineering, Building Trades. a horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members, as sheet piling or concrete form boards, or for retaining earth at the edge of an excavation.
6.
a ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
verb (used with object), waled, waling.
7.
to mark with wales.
8.
to weave with wales.
9.
Engineering, Building Trades. to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
noun
1.
something that is selected as the best; choice.
verb (used with object), waled, waling.
2.
to choose; select.
noun
1.
a principality that is part of the United Kingdom, in the west of Great Britain; conquered by the English in 1282; parliamentary union with England took place in 1536: a separate Welsh Assembly with limited powers was established in 1999. Wales consists mainly of moorlands and mountains and has an economy that is chiefly agricultural, with an industrial and former coal-mining area in the south. Capital: Cardiff. Pop: 2 938 000 (2003 est). Area: 20 768 sq km (8017 sq miles) Welsh name Cymru Medieval Latin name Cambria
noun
1.
the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip
2.

the weave or texture of a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy
a vertical row of stitches in knitting Compare course (sense 14)

3.
(nautical)

a ridge of planking along the rail of a ship
See gunwale

verb (transitive)
4.
to raise a wale or wales on by striking
5.
to weave with a wale
noun
1.
a choice
2.
anything chosen as the best
adjective
3.
choice
verb
4.
(transitive) to choose

wale (wāl)
n.
A mark raised on the skin, as by a whip; a weal or welt. v. waled, wal·ing, wales
To raise marks on the skin, as by whipping.

Wales definition

One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, occupying the western peninsula of the island of Great Britain. Its capital and largest city is Cardiff.

Note: Welsh culture is known for its writers and singers, dating back more than one thousand years to the bards (poet-singers) of the Middle Ages.