moderate gale

American  

noun

1. a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 meters per second).

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moderate gale British  

noun

1. a gale of force seven on the Beaufort scale, capable of swaying trees

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Etymology

Origin of moderate gale

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

On Sunday there was a moderate gale, but Monday was calmer, and we all revived and got out on deck.

From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Barrow, Katherine Mary

IT was blowing a moderate gale, and the “Aurania,” steaming at full speed into it, rolled viciously.

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold

Within an hour this had freshened into a moderate gale.

From The Beautiful White Devil by Boothby, Guy Newell

During the next two days before a moderate gale the Scarrowmania shouldered her way westwards through the big, white-topped combers that rolled down upon her under a lowering sky.

From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Bindloss, Harold

A howling south-wester on the English coast would be looked upon here as a moderate gale.

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry