galeforce
galeforce is the alternative form of gale force.
Meaning of gale force
Noun
gale force (uncountable)
- Of a wind, having the speed and strength of a gale.
- 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.1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 137
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- What is galeforce the alternative form of?
- Galeforce is the alternative form of gale force.
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