Meanings
plural rainshowers
- alternativeAlternative form of rain shower.
Thomas Jefferson was laid to rest in the Monticello graveyard at 5:00 P.m. on July 5, during a soft summer rainshower.
2002, Jerry Holmes, Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, page 3082 more examples
Under these circumstances, fair weather, with just scattered cumulus clouds in the afternoon, will prevail for about 2 or 3 days with very little, if any, rainshower activity
1944, United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Division, Studies on local forecastingA brief rainshower falling on the smooth surface of fine-grained sediment spatters it with tiny crater-like pittings known as rain prints.
1993, P. M. Duff, Holmes' Principles of Physical Geology
Origin
- Old Englishreġnsċūr
- Middle Englishrayne-shour
- Englishrainshower
From Middle English rayne-shour, reyne showre, from Old English reġnsċūr, equivalent to rain + shower. Cognate with Icelandic regnskúr (“rainshower”).
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