Definition, Betydelse, Synonymer & Anagram | Engelska ordet GALE

Definition av GALE

1. (meteorologi) hård vind; en stark vind, mer än en frisk vind (bris) men mindre än en storm

Exempel på hur man kan använda GALE i en mening

• February 3 – All 256 people on board the Dutch East India Company ships Vliegenthart and Anna Catherina die when the two ships sink in a gale off of the Netherlands coast.
• The USS Weehawken, launched on November 5, 1862, was a Passaic-class monitor, or ironclad ship, which sailed for the Union Navy during the American Civil War, encountered battles at the Charleston, South Carolina, coast, and sank in a moderate gale on December 6, 1863.
• After years of negotiations, at least one boatload of Swiss did sail for "The Land of Eden" from Europe, but it was shipwrecked in a December gale off the coast of Virginia.
• The forecast begins by listing areas with gale warnings, followed by a general synopsis of pressure areas, then a forecast for each individual sea area covering wind speed and direction, precipitation, and visibility.
• They sailed from Gibraltar on 9 May and on 12 May were struck by a violent gale in the Gulf of Lion that carried away Vanguard's topmasts and foremast.
• She called at the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean to repair damage suffered during a gale and arrived at Whampoa, China in February 1849.

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