Definition of Rainspout

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainspout

rainproof
rainproofed
rainproofing
rainproofs
rains
rains buckets
rains cats and dogs
rains pitchforks
rainscape
rainscapes
rainshade
rainshadow
rainshadows
rainshower
rainsoaked
rainspout
rainspouts
rainsquall
rainsqualls
rainstorm
rainstorms
rainstormy
rainswept
raintight
rainwash
rainwashed
rainwashes
rainwashing
rainwater
rainwaters

Literary usage of Rainspout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1901)
"An open rainspout or gutter ran along the front edge of this roof and discharged its contents by a downspout attached to the front of ..."

2. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1883)
"... and capital of Moravia, a socalled rainspout burst, inundating the city and its environs, and doing an incalculable amount of damage. ..."

3. The Renaissance: Savonarola. Cesare Borgia. Julius II. Leo X. Michael Angelo by Arthur Gobineau (1913)
"... morning till night like a rainspout, without anyone having an idea why? FRA BARTOLOMMEO: As for you, with your brave show of velvet and embroideries, ..."

4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1896)
"One night when Fritz was asleep, Oscar dressed himself, slid down the rainspout, and reached the garden. By the help of some grape-vines that grew there he ..."

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