fresh gale
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fresh gale
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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Pier 50, abandoned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, looked as if it would collapse in the next fresh gale.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2016
At ten o’clock at night a fresh gale sprang up, which compelled me once more to bring-to under a reefed foresail.
From Hurricane Hurry by William Henry Giles Kingston
Loud and clear were both the signals, but four and a half miles of distance and a fresh gale neutralised their influence.
From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The foresail was hoisted, and slammed with tremendous fury in the fresh gale.
From Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway by Oliver Optic
This favourable appearance gave us hopes of being able to make good our entrance on the following day; but a fresh gale set in, and kept us at our anchorage.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
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