light breeze

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light breeze

A wind with a speed of from 4 to 6 knots (5 to 7 miles per hour; 7 to 11 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

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light breeze - wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scale

breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, air - a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

Beaufort scale, wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)

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I saw him, with my mind's eye, on the schooner on which he worked, wearing nothing but a pair of dungarees; and at night, when the boat sailed along easily before a light breeze, and the sailors were gathered on the upper deck, while the captain and the supercargo lolled in deck-chairs, smoking their pipes, I saw him dance with another lad, dance wildly, to the wheezy music of the concertina.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

The ship was sixty miles distant from the land, in the direction of a steady though light breeze.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context

They were moving slowly down wind, and warily because the advantage was with whatever beast might chance to be hunting ahead of them, where their scent-spoor was being borne by the light breeze.

The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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