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.)

I can positively affirm, that in still nights I have frequently heard them make a rustling and crackling noise, like the waving of a large flag in a fresh gale of wind.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles

While he struck inland to go round a mountain, the boat pursued her course; but a fresh gale compelled her to run in-shore.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles