gregale

American

[gray-gah-lay] / greɪˈgɑ leɪ /

Also grégal

noun

a strong northeast wind that blows in the central and western Mediterranean area.

Etymology

Origin of gregale

1795–1805; < Italian grecale, gregale < Late Latin Grecālis. See Greek, -al ¹

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The clouds were down, and the gregale was blowing cold and showery.

From The Isle of Unrest by Henry Seton Merriman

I can allow my self to be Animal sociale, appliable to my company, but not gregale, to herd my self in every troup.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne

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