line squall

American  

noun

1. a squall advancing along a front that forms a more or less definite line.

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line squall British  

noun

1. a squall or series of squalls along a cold front

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Etymology

Origin of line squall

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

A spanking line squall worked its way along the Florida Keys and its backlash sent a wet wind whistling into the Key Largo bedroom of Captain Tom Gifford.

From Time Magazine Archive

Topping a series of crashes, the Navy airship, the Shenandoah, was ripped apart in an Ohio line squall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like the distant thunder that precedes a monsoonal line squall, the rumble of Communist guns last week signaled an end to the long lull in Viet Nam's ground war.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of flights begun, all were completed save on one day when a line squall arose and five ships, simultaneously in the air, made safe emergency landings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The straight line that marked where the blue of the sky ended and the copperish gray began told Dawson that a line squall was moving across the Caribbean.

From Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Bowen, Robert Sydney