A trough or spout to carry off water, usually named from the office it has to perform, as a pump-dale, &c. Also, a place forward, to save the decks from being wetted, now almost abolished.
See vale
·noun A low place between hills; a vale or valley. II. Dale ·noun A trough or spout to carry off wa...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Mentioned only in Gen. 14:17; 2 Sam. 18:18, the name given to "the valley of Shaveh," where the king...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The name of a valley, the alternative for "the valley of Shaveh" (q.v.), near the Dead Sea, where th...