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Whole gale   /hoʊl geɪl/   Listen
Whole gale

noun
1.
Wind moving 55-63 knots; 10 on the Beaufort scale.





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"Whole gale" Quotes from Famous Books



... her in other respects. And, oh, what a relief it was to feel the long, easy, floating motion and the level keel of a ship running before wind and sea, in exchange for the short, savage digging into a head sea, with its accompaniments of drenching showers of spray, sickening lee lurches, and a whole gale of wind buffeting one in the face and doing its utmost to drive one's ...
— A Middy of the King - A Romance of the Old British Navy • Harry Collingwood


Words linked to "Whole gale" :   gale, Beaufort scale, wind scale


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