rainspout

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US/ˈɹeɪnˌspaʊt/

noun

A spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.

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Meanings

nounrainspout (plural rainspouts)

plural rainspouts

  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.

    2007, Karen Witynski, Joe P. Carr, Hacienda Courtyards, page 26

Origin

From rain + spout.

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Cite this entry
APA

rainspout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainspout

MLA

“rainspout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainspout. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rainspout,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainspout.

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