VALE

vale. Vale, n. a valley, low ground, kind of trough

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Vale (vāl), n. [[OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. ἔλοσ low ground, marsh meadow. Cf. Avalanche, Vail to lower, Valley.]] 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. ☞ Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse. Syn. — Valley; dingle; dell; dale.