gale force
English
Noun
gale force (uncountable)
- (weather) Of a wind, having the speed and strength of a gale.
- 1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 137:
- By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines.
Alternative forms
- gale-force, galeforce (adjective)
References
“gale-force” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.