Rainspout
//ˈɹeɪnˌspaʊt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.
"We savor the flash of tangerine butterflies or the changing afternoon shadows on the courtyard's yellow ocher walls, made all the more intriguing by protruding stone rainspouts."
Example
More examples"We savor the flash of tangerine butterflies or the changing afternoon shadows on the courtyard's yellow ocher walls, made all the more intriguing by protruding stone rainspouts."
Etymology
From rain + spout.
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