Obs. [f. VAIL v.2] Ebb-tide.
1600. Hakluyt, Voy., III. 257. The current runneth as strong … as at London bridge vpon a vale water.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit., I. 720. Neere unto Hunt-Cliffe and not farre from the shore there appeere aloft at a vale water certaine rocks.
