black squall

American  

[blak skwawl] / ˈblæk ˈskwɔl /

noun

Meteorology.

1. a squall accompanied by very dark clouds and usually heavy rain.

   Daylight all but vanished as the black squall raced across the lake toward our campsite.

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Etymology

Origin of black squall

First recorded in 1820–25

Example Sentences

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black squall

He called a quartermaster to open the flag locker to reply just as a great black squall struck the little barkentine.

From Time Magazine Archive

We just swept up it like a black squall.

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford

A heavy black squall coming on at this time, they all pushed for the land, otherwise I believe we might have prevailed on them to come alongside.

From An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by Hunter, John

A black squall was blowing down from the Sault Ste. Marie; and they lay at anchor out in the lake, tossing and pitching, opposite the green mouldering hull of the Fortuna.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant

In half an hour after the rift had been first noticed by Merritt, the black squall had passed, and the late afternoon sun began to shine in a pallid way through the driving cloud masses.

From The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol by Goldfrap, John Henry