Vale
[veɪl] or [vel]
Definition
(n.) A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
(n.) See 2d Vail, 3.
Typist: Remington
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Poetical.] Valley, dingle, dell.
Editor: Sweeney
Definition
n. a tract of low ground esp. between hills: a valley.
Typist: Portia
Examples
- I must either wrong my three dear girls or my venerable father, who is entirely dependent on me, in the Vale of Taunton; or some one. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- On another occasion when reconnoitring thus she beheld two female figures walking in the vale. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It always happens so in this vale of tears, there is an inevitability about such things which we can only wonder at, deplore, and bear as we best can. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It lay in a direction precisely opposite to that of the little window in the vale below. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She inclined her head, and swept round so that her eyes rested in the misty vale beneath them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Once more adieu; vale tandem, non immemor mei. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I was almost in consternation, so little had I expected any guest from the blocked-up vale that night. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But there was no reply to Wildeve's shout, save a mournful whining from the herons which were nesting lower down the vale. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A night or two later he again went along the vale to Alderworth, taking the precaution of keeping out of any path. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You are quite a stranger at Vale Hall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And his father is dependent on him in the Vale of Taunton. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He insisted, too, on my coming the next day to spend the evening at Vale Hall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The reddleman's walk across the vale, and over into the next where his cart lay, was not sprightly for a slim young fellow of twenty-four. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He could not--he would not--renounce his wild field of mission warfare for the parlours and the peace of Vale Hall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Well, yes; you can get up the vale below here with time. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was now nearly four o'clock, and the sunlight was leaving the vales. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Edited by Hattie