thunder-squall

As yet the din and hubbub was that made by men, but their shrill pipings were suddenly silenced by the crashing voice of a thunder-squall that burst right over our heads.

Stories of Authors, British and American Edwin Watts Chubb 1912

When he awoke, it was to see fishing-boats running into harbour under bare poles amid the hubbub of a thunder-squall.

Shelley Sydney Waterlow 1911

Upon the second fortnight of this life Quadratilla broke like a thunder-squall.

Roads from Rome 1901

When morning dawned they were again becalmed; but the sky was overcast, and it was evident that a heavy thunder-squall was working up from the eastward, and

The Missing Merchantman Harry Collingwood 1886

Ella was very penitent for her late "naughtiness," as she termed it, and was so lavish with her endearments, to make up for it, that I would very willingly have experienced such a "thunder-squall" every day of my life to have the air cleared afterwards in so agreeable a manner.

For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886

Is it merely a thunder-squall that has been brewing all this time, or what is it?

The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast Harry Collingwood 1886

There was no barometer aboard the felucca, so I had nothing to guide me to the meaning of the weather portents, but I was convinced that something out of the common -- something more than a mere thunder-squall -- was brewing; and, if so, I should probably have my hands full in taking care of the felucca, with nobody to help me.

A Pirate of the Caribbees Harry Collingwood 1886

Fully convinced, therefore, that something rather more serious than a mere thunder-squall was brewing, we now went to work with a will, and, having first furled the mizzen, hauled up the courses and stowed them, leaving the ship with nothing showing but her two topsails and the fore-topmast staysail, which -- as our topsails were patent-reefing -- left us practically prepared for almost anything that might happen.

The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" Harry Collingwood 1886

I should have expected nothing worse than a fresh breeze from the westward, preceded perhaps by a thunder-squall; but the barometer indicated something more serious than that, yet the sky gave no verifying sign of the approach of anything like a heavy blow.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886

The barometer, too, exhibited a tendency to fall; but the decline was so slight that I was of opinion it meant no more than perhaps a sharp thunder-squall, particularly as there was no swell making; moreover there was a close, thundery feeling in the stagnating air, which increased as the day grew older.

The Log of a Privateersman Harry Collingwood 1886