vendavalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

vendaval (plural vendavals)

1. 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.
   • 1870, R. H. Wyman, Winds, currents, and navigation of the Gulf of Cadiz, the Western Coast of the Spanish Peninsula, and the Strait of Gibraltar, page 4:

     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, […]

   • 1905, Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, page 175:

     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 ...

   • 1915, Emma Helen Blair, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Relating to China and the Chinese:

     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.

   • 1975, United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) for the Mediterranean, page 49:

     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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