dale

Etymology 1

From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

noun

1. (chiefly Britain) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
   Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along. 1908, Edmund Louis Gruber, The Caissons Go Rolling Along
2. The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

Etymology 2

Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century.

noun

1. (archaic) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
   The pump-dale scupper is that to which the dale leads, that conveys the water from the pumps to the side on the lower deck of large ships. 1853, John Fincham, An Outline of Ship Building in Four Parts, page 40