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Definition of Equinoctial storm
1. Noun. A violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equinoctial Storm
Literary usage of Equinoctial storm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi: By by John Wesley Monette (1848)
"Agriculture and Trade prosper under individual Enter- prise.—equinoctial storm
in 1745.—Rigorous Winter of 1748-9 lulled the Orange- trees. ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"equinoctial storm, or GALE. For at least three hundred years past whenever a
severe storm occurs on the Atlantic coast of North America or Great Britain at ..."
3. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The widespread belief in the existence of an equinoctial storm and Indian summer
... If, however, the equinoctial storm is defined as any rainstorm lasting, ..."
4. Meteorology: A Text Book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The widespread belief in the existence of an equinoctial storm and Indian summer
comes, ... If the equinoctial storm is defined as a rain- The equi- ..."
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