mackerel breeze

English

Noun

mackerel breeze (plural mackerel breezes)

1. A strong breeze which ruffles the surface of the water, favourable for catching mackerel. [from 18th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     While they tacked to and fro in the river, under the impulse of a mackerel breeze, the physician expressed his satisfaction, and Pallet was ravished with the entertainment.