moderate gale

noun

1. a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 meters per second).

moderate gale

noun

1. a gale of force seven on the Beaufort scale, capable of swaying trees

Word History and Origins

Origin of moderate gale¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The wind hardened during the dark hours, and was blowing a moderate gale from the south-west at sunrise.

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Her masts and spars, too, were much wounded, and it became a question how she would be able to weather even a moderate gale.

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By ten o'clock the wind had risen to the strength of a more than moderate gale, and the sea in proportion.

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When it had moved eastward and the hot sun reappeared, wind followed, a moderate gale.

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IT was blowing a moderate gale, and the Aurania, steaming at full speed into it, rolled viciously.

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