Raindrift

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sheet of rain blown by the wind.

    "The fierce wind drove a raindrift in at the open door, as two men, drenched from head to foot, but vested as Benedictine monks, entered."

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"The fierce wind drove a raindrift in at the open door, as two men, drenched from head to foot, but vested as Benedictine monks, entered."

Etymology

From rain + drift.

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