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

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moderate gale

Her masts and spars, too, were much wounded, and it became a question how she would be able to weather even a moderate gale.

From True Blue by William Henry Giles Kingston

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 Raphael Semmes

The wind increased in the first watch last night to a moderate gale.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott

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

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cyrus Cuneo

The wind fell to a moderate gale, and by four in the afternoon we had a reefed foresail and the tops'ls set, and were staggering along at a great speed.

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by David W. Bone

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