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Definition of Fresh gale
1. Noun. Wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fresh Gale
Literary usage of Fresh gale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1887)
"These 24 hours fair weather and fine fresh gale, and moderate heat. ... These 21
hours fair weather1 and a fresh gale. Run 102 miles; course SSW; wind SE; ..."
2. The Diary of William Hedges, Esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), During by William Hedges (1887)
"These 24 hours fair weather and fine fresh gale, and moderate heat. Run 110 miles;
course from SW b. W. to SW; wind S. b. E. and SS B. By observation we ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"And then it begänne to blow a fresh gale at West South-west. So by noone I had
sailed four- teene leagues East, South-east pricked. ..."
4. A Thousand Days in the Arctic by Frederick George Jackson (1899)
"... increasing to moderate and fresh gale. Snow driving hard and thickly. 2d.
Moderate SW gale at 7 AM Strong wind at n AM Moderate W. gale at 2 PM, ..."
5. A Thousand Days in the Arctic by Frederick George Jackson (1899)
"Fresh E. wind at 4 PM, increasing to moderate and fresh gale. Snow driving hard
and thickly. 2d. Moderate SW gale at 7 AM Strong wind at n AM Moderate W. ..."
6. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"The force, however, does not appear to have exceeded 8 (a fresh gale), and the
fall of the ... She did not experience a stronger force than a fresh gale, ..."
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