Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc.
A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Relating to length, or to longitude.
Running in the direction of the long axis of a body.
Forward and/or backward, relative to some defined direction.
Sampling data over time rather than merely once.
Limits, bounds (especially before of).
A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
A cheese scoop.
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
A wooden stake; a picket.
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
To turn pale; to lose colour.
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
To become insignificant.
Feeble, faint.
Light in color.
Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).