avale Meaning, Definition & Usage

A*vale" transitive verb & intransitive verb

Etymology

F. avaler to descend, to let down. See Avalanche.

Definitions

1. To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. Obs. Chaucer.
2. To bring low; to abase. Obs. Sir H. Wotton.
3. (v. i.) To descend; to fall; to dismount. Obs.

   And from their sweaty courses did avale. Spenser.