SWALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swale mean? 

• SWALE (noun)
  The noun SWALE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SWALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("swale" is a kind of...):

trough (a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed))

 Context examples 

He took no heed of the course he pursued, so long as that course led him through the swale bottoms.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As the day wore along he came into valleys or swales where game was more plentiful.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)