Dale, the king's

The name of a valley, the alternative for "the valley of Shaveh" (q.v.), near the Dead Sea, where the king of Sodom met Abraham (Genesis 14:17). Some have identified it with the southern part of the valley of Jehoshaphat, where Absalom reared his family monument (2 Samuel 18:18).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A low place between hills; a vale or valley.

2. (n.) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.