Sentence:  The strakes between the several ranges of ports, beginning from under the upper-deck ports of a three-decked ship in the royal navy, are called the channel wale, the middle <WSD>wale</WSD>, and the main <WSD>wale</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)