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Definition of Rainproof
1. Adjective. Not permitting the passage of water.
Definition of Rainproof
1. Adjective. (context: of external clothing) waterproof ¹
2. Verb. To make rainproof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rainproof
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainproof
Literary usage of Rainproof
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vagabond in Literature by Arthur Compton-Rickett (1906)
"My signs are a rainproof coat, good shoes, and a staff cut from the woods . . .
I have no chair, no church, no philosophy." People talk of Whitman as if he ..."
2. Pittsburgh Legal Journal by Allegheny County Bar Association (1914)
"Prior to the filing of this Bill, the complainant served notice upon the defendant
to discontinue doing business under the names, "Goodyear rainproof ..."
3. A Chronology of Montreal and of Canada: From A.D. 1752 to A.D. 1893 by Frederick William Terrill (1893)
"It is the only reliable rainproof porous cloth made. Ask for it, and do not be
induced to take any substitute or imitation. For sale by all First Class Dry ..."
4. A Chronology of Montreal and of Canada: From A.D. 1752 to A.D. 1893 by Frederick William Terrill (1893)
"It is the only reliable rainproof porous cloth nude. Ask for it, and do not be
induced to take any substitute or imitation. For sale by all First Class Dry ..."
5. School Hygiene and the Laws of Health: A Text-book for Teachers and Students by Charles Porter (1908)
"Waterproof clothing is unsatisfactory and uncomfortable, because it is impermeable
to air as well as moisture. The so-called " rainproof" cloths are rather ..."
6. School Hygiene and the Laws of Health: A Text-book for Teachers and Students by Charles Porter (1906)
"The so-called " rainproof " cloths are rather better, since the salts with which
they are treated to make them rainproof do not interfere with the passage ..."
7. Campaigning in the Balkans by Harold Lake (1918)
"A bivouac sheet is a piece of material furnished with eyelet holes, buttonholes
and buttons, and it is theoretically rainproof. Many things which are ..."
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