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noun Meteorology.
a wind of 55–63 miles per hour (24–28 meters per second).
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Origin of whole gale
First recorded in 1795–1805
Words nearby whole gale
who knows what, whole, whole blood, whole brother, whole food, whole gale, whole-grain, wholehearted, wholeheartedly, whole hog, whole language
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British Dictionary definitions for whole gale
whole gale
noun
a wind of force ten on the Beaufort scale
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