[Sp., f. L. terra land; so F. terral.] The land-breeze.
1811. J. Black, trans. Humboldt’s New Spain, IV. xii. 69. In summer, from the month of December, to the month of May, they ascend from the Point Pariña (lat. 4° 35′ south; long. 83° 45′) to Lima, by means of the Terral.
1853. Lady Louisa Tenison, Castile & Andalucia, ii. 24. It [Málaga] is, however, occasionally visited by bitter winds, called the Terral, which are the warmest in summer and coldest in winter.
1884. H. Collingwood, Under Meteor Flag, 299. Obliged to take to our sweeps to get across the calm belt between the terral and the trade-wind.
