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

By the time we were fairly out in the lake and away from the sheltering shore, a black squall to windward, hiding all the West, warned us to fly, for birches swamp in squalls.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various

A "black squall," as they call it on the lakes, was blowing down from the Sault Ste. Marie.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant

Next week everybody at Sarnia was grieved to hear that another of Captain Pierpoint's vessels had gone down off Manitoulin Point in that dreadful black squall on Thursday evening.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant

Lanyard felt himself start almost uncontrollably: rage swept through him, storming brain and body, like a black squall over a hill-bound lake.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph