Meaning of Gale | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
2. A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
3. A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
   archaic
4. A surname.
5. An outburst, especially of laughter.
6. The personal mining plot of a freeminer.
7. A unisex given name.
8. A light breeze.
   archaic, literary
9. A number of places in the United States:
10. An unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois.
11. An unincorporated community in Center Township, Hendricks County, Indiana.
12. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
13. A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

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Examples

“It's blowing a gale outside.”

“Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale.”

“With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for Bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months. But on arrival there, friends told my brother that the Indian Ocean was rough in June and July, and as this was my first voyage, I should not be allowed to sail until November. Someone also reported that a steamer had just been sunk in a gale. This made my brother uneasy, and he refused to take the risk of allowing me to sail immediately.”

“It's blowing a gale and this holiday destination loses all its appeal in an instant in weather like this.”

“a gale of laughter”

“The slightest hint of smugness would have had the nation leaning over our shoulders to blow out the birthday candles with a gale of reproach and disapproval.”

“A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.”

“And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned / From their soft wings.”

“Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.”

“As a rule the free miners do not work their own 'gales,' but dispose of them to capitalists.”

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