Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Avale \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.
      [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. To bring low; to abase. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.

   3. (v. i.) To descend; to fall; to dismount. [Obs.]

            And from their sweaty courses did avale. --Spenser.