Definition of Rainspouts

1. rainspout [n] - See also: rainspout

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainspouts

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

Literary usage of Rainspouts

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

1. The Life of Inland Waters: An Elementary Text Book of Freshwater Biology for by James George Needham, John Thomas Lloyd (1915)
"It also inhabits the most temporary pools, even rainspouts and stove urns, and is able to withstand dessi- cation. ..."

2. The Life of Inland Waters: An Elementary Text Book of Freshwater Biology for by James George Needham, John Thomas Lloyd (1915)
"It also inhabits the most temporary pools, even rainspouts and stove urns, and is able to withstand dessi- cation. ..."

3. The Life of Inland Waters: An Elementary Text Book of Freshwater Biology for by James George Needham, John Thomas Lloyd (1915)
"It also inhabits the most temporary pools, even rainspouts and stove urns, and is able to withstand dessi- cation. ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"... the width of which is now nothing else than the thickness of the tower's own wall. The battlements are entire on two faces, and two rainspouts, ..."

5. Storms Over the Urban Forest: Planning, Responding, and Regreening by Lisa L. Burban, John W. Anderson (1996)
"Leaching lines are long ditches— about six inches wide and one foot deep, mostly filled with gravel and covered with soil — that allow water from rainspouts ..."

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