vendaval

Definitions

A westerly wind, especially one that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco, or a similar wind in the Philippines.

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Examples

“The vendaval gives unequivocal signs of its approach⟳. If the easterly wind be blowing, it will veer to the S.E., the sky will become⟳ obscured and the coast concealed, […]”

“Setting sail⟳, then, with the vendaval, within a short time they reached the outside of the channel . The ships sailing from Manila do not do this, and are much delayed, because they must run⟳ a greater distance within the channel and among ...”

“This navigation should not be made at any other season, for from June the vendavals blow⟳, and they are contrary to the voyage. As a rule⟳, these ships sail⟳ and are despatched at the end⟳ of February, or at the latest by the twentieth of March⟳.”

“The vendaval occurs mainly in the cool season, and it is most frequent from October to November and February to March⟳.”

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