A‐vale″ (�), v. t. & i. [F. avaler to descend, to let down. See Avalanche.] 1. To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. Chaucer.
2. To bring low; to abase. Sir H. Wotton.
3. (v. i.) To descend; to fall; to dismount.
And from their sweaty courses did avale.
Spenser.