STRONG GALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strong gale mean? 

• STRONG GALE (noun)
  The noun STRONG GALE has 1 sense:

1. wind moving 47-54 knots; 9 on the Beaufort scale

  Familiarity information: STRONG GALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRONG GALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wind moving 47-54 knots; 9 on the Beaufort scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("strong gale" is a kind of...):

gale (a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale)

Holonyms ("strong gale" is a part of...):

Beaufort scale; wind scale (an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane))

 Context examples 

We had not sailed above three days, when a great storm arising, we were driven five days to the north-north-east, and then to the east: after which we had fair weather, but still with a pretty strong gale from the west. Upon the tenth day we were chased by two pirates, who soon overtook us; for my sloop was so deep laden, that she sailed very slow, neither were we in a condition to defend ourselves.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)