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Definition of Light breeze
1. Noun. Wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scale.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Light Breeze
Literary usage of Light breeze
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"... and her sailing had been delayed for several weeks; but everything having been
arranged, she got under way with a light breeze, and was floating^out of ..."
2. The Great Frozen Land (Bolshaia Zemelskija Tundra): Narrative of a Winter by Frederick George Jackson, Arthur Hallam Montefiore Brice (1895)
"light breeze, clear sky with sun for an hour or two at very low altitude.
light breeze with some snow. Heavy overcast sky all day. ..."
3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"... as the light breeze puffed inward from the sea. Thousands of people of all
classes and conditions, who had been pouring into Dublin from various ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"The air was scented with .the breath of blossoms, mingled occasionally with a
briny fragrance, as the light breeze puffed inward from the sea. ..."
5. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... tinsel-bract Rustled in each light breeze. ^Eneas grasped The lingering bough,
broke it in eager haste, And bore it straightway to the Sibyl's shrine. ..."
6. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"The air was scented with the breath of blossoms, mingled occasionally with a
briny fragrance, as the light breeze puffed inward from the sea. ..."
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