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

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

The wind had risen to a moderate gale, and the air was filled with sounds.

From The Prodigal Father by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)

Wednesday, December 17th.—The wind blew quite fresh during the night from about N.E. by N. To-day it is blowing a moderate gale from about N.N.E.

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

The wind steadily increased and has been blowing a moderate gale, shifting in direction to E.S.E.

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

Even a moderate gale would tear a pack apart, to be broken into smaller fragments by the water.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.