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

We had, upon the whole, a favourable passage across to the Cape; but on the 17th of September, when distant from it about 500 miles, we encountered a moderate gale from the north.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

The Alabama was no sooner under way than the wind began to freshen, and soon increased to a moderate gale.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael

The cottages were low, full of windows, deep caves, and so lightly built that it seemed as if a moderate gale would blow them away.

From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.

The strong winds were westerly and fast increasing to a moderate gale.

From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Bolton, Charles E. (Charles Edward)

The cold increases: thermometer has fallen to -47½°, although blowing a moderate gale at the time, and the atmosphere dense with mist.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold