fresh gale

American  

noun

Meteorology.

1. a wind of 39–46 miles per hour (17–33 meters per second).

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fresh gale British  

noun

1. a gale of force eight on the Beaufort scale

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Etymology

Origin of fresh gale

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

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

“I fancy they feel like myself, too uneasy to sleep, with this fresh gale springing up again and the ship rocking about so!”

From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

Before this little fleet of collier brigs got as far south as Flamborough Head, it was blowing a fresh gale, and big lumps of sea were slashed over them.

From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter

She met with light, baffling winds, and calms, and then was driven into a lonely inlet by a fresh gale.

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold

Captain Saumarez immediately repaired on board his ship, weighed anchor, and, notwithstanding the contrary wind and fresh gale, he beat down the channel, and in the morning saw her at anchor off Ilfracombe.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir