swale Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)

WordNet

Swale noun
Etymology
Cf. Icel. svalr cool, svala to cool.
Definitions
  1. A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.
Swale intransitive verb & transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
Swale noun
Definitions
  1. A gutter in a candle. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913