Rainspout

//ˈɹeɪnˌspaʊt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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