roaring forties

== English == === Noun === roaring forties pl (plural only) (geography, meteorology) The area of the earth between 40 and 50 degrees south, prone to gale-force westerly winds. ==== Translations ==== === See also === furious fifties screaming sixties === References === Roaring forties at Encyclopædia Britannica http://www.scienceandthesea.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=283&Itemid=10