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moderate gale
noun
- a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 meters per second).
moderate gale
noun
- a gale of force seven on the Beaufort scale, capable of swaying trees
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Word History and Origins
Origin of moderate gale1
First recorded in 1695–1705
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Example Sentences
They can fly in moderate gales, though Manna chooses not to, has redundant batteries and flight computers, and a parachute for gentle descents if a "one in 10 million" failure happens.
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In the afternoon the wind increased to the force of a moderate gale and the sea began to rise.
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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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The cold increases: thermometer has fallen to -47½°, although blowing a moderate gale at the time, and the atmosphere dense with mist.
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Even a moderate gale would tear a pack apart, to be broken into smaller fragments by the water.
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