SWALE

PRONUNCIATION: (swayl)

MEANING: noun: A low tract of land, especially one that is moist or marshy; also, a shallow channel or depression.

ETYMOLOGY: Origin uncertain. Earliest documented use: 1584.
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S'KWALE - what you go hunting for with retriever dogs, (along with pheasant)

U.S. WALE - an Ahab-class cruiser, now obsolete

SW AXLE - what the southwest wheels turn on