Obs. [f. WALE sb.1 + -ED2.] Striped. Open-waled, having an open texture.
c. 1050. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 416/23. Histriatarum [understood as = striatarum (1 Kings vii. 24)], waledra.
1602. Inv., in Collect. Archæol. (1863), II. 95. One waled matterice vj s. viij d.
1611. Cotgr., Linomple, a fine, thinne, or open-waled linnen, much vsed in Picardie … for womens kerchers.
1665. Hooke, Microgr., 6. Fine waled Silk, or Taffety.
