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

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles

It was not unlike the faint rustle of silk, and still more like the flapping of a large flag in a moderate gale of wind.

From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

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 Cuneo, Cyrus

In a short time, although the sea continued raging fiercely, the wind had dropped to a moderate gale.

From The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean by Holloway, W. Herbert

The wind increased to a moderate gale with a remarkably heavy sea, and violent rain-squalls passing at intervals over the vessel.

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