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

For two days all went well, indeed, and then came on what Liverpool Peters described as a moderate gale, but which seemed like a hurricane to Mart.

From The Pirate Shark by Arting, Fred J.

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

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 Bone, David W.

By ten o'clock the wind had risen to the strength of a more than moderate gale, and the sea in proportion.

From The Beautiful White Devil by Boothby, Guy Newell

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)