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Definition of Rain barrel
1. Noun. A barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rain Barrel
Literary usage of Rain barrel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Keep-well Stories for Little Folks by May Farinholt Jones (1916)
"THE STORY OF THE rain barrel 0 John! did you know that I almost fell on my head
into the rain barrel at the corner of the house this morning ? ..."
2. Teaching the Teacher: A First Book in Teacher Training by James Oscar Boyd, John Gresham Machen, Walter Scott Athearn, Harold McAfee Robinson (1921)
"I can remember, vividly, what I thought as I descended into that rain barrel.
My first thought was, "I wonder if I can swallow it all?" My next thought was, ..."
3. Mark Twain's Library of Humor by Mark Twain (1906)
"Well, go on; say your Theory; only first come down off that rain- barrel." "Never!"
returned Faustine, firmly. "What I need is Poise. ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1906)
"1 fact that they were bred in a rain barrel which had been recently used for ...
On the morning of November i, 1904, a rain barrel was found frozen over, ..."
5. Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California by Commonwealth Club of California (1917)
"The clear water of the rain barrel wai a favorite breeding place for the stegomyia;
but the rain barrel could not be at once condemned. ..."
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