Wale

A wale is a thick plank of wood fastened to the side of a ship to provide protection from wear.[1]

This article is about a type of plank. For the rapper, see Wale (rapper). For other uses, see Wale (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Wales or Whale.
Profile view of ship frames doubled by "ripping off the planks, and putting second timbers upon the first timbers, and upon them again other planks (Perrin 1929, 92)." The wale remains in situ, as a structural stringer.

In a barge the inwale connects the tops of the futtocks to provide the ledge on which the beams and carlings are rested. It is bolted through to the outer wale, which eventually would be flush with the double planking.[2]

A wale (or "waler") is a horizontal supporting member of a concrete forming system, vertically reinforced by a "strongback".

A wale is also a horizontal member of a geotechnical tieback wall, which transmits the force from the tieback to the beams.

See also

Media related to Wale (ship parts) at Wikimedia Commons

  • The dictionary definition of wale at Wiktionary

References
  1. Kemp, Peter, ed. (1976). The Oxford Companion to Ships & the Sea. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 922–923.
  2. March, Edgar J (1948). Spritsail barges of the Thames and Medway. London: Percival Marshall. p. 99.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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