roaring forties
plural noun
either of two areas in the ocean between 40° and 50° N or S latitude, noted for high winds and rough seas.
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Roaring Forties
Roaring Fortiesplural nounnautical the areas of ocean between 40° and 50° latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
roaring forties
Americanplural noun
Roaring Forties
British
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of roaring forties
First recorded in 1875–80
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She adds: "We are on the edge of the roaring forties, we are just a small rock in the middle of the south Atlantic, so we do have some pretty extreme weather."
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
The roaring forties describes the area between the latitudes 40 and 50 south of the equator - notorious for strong winds.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
The bark County of Pembroke was running her easting down in the roaring forties off the Cape of Good Hope when she shipped a monstrous sea over the lee rail.
From Time Magazine Archive
But whether you are a squeamish voyager among books or so hardened that the roaring forties seem like the doldrums, this book will be a portent and a welcome one.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gradually we crept northward, the weather improving every day as we left the "roaring forties" astern.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank T. Bullen
Ummenhofer said that recent research indicates the Roaring Forties is strengthening in the summer and shifting south into the region known as the Furious Fifties.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2019
A knockdown in the Roaring Forties about 400 miles south of the Cape of Good Hope damaged the self-steering.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
During the second leg — from Cape Town, through raucous seas whipped up by rocketing winds known as the Roaring Forties, to Sydney, Australia — all the boats were savagely battered.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2016
The fleet is currently deep in the South Atlantic, midway between Brazil and their eventual destination Cape Town, in the notorious high-wind Roaring Forties.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2014
The rest of that night, and for six days and nights that followed, Nat found out what men meant by the Roaring Forties of the North Atlantic.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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