rainshower
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See also: rain shower
English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle English rayne-shour , reyne showre , from Old English reġnsċūr , equivalent to rain + shower . Cognate with Icelandic regnskúr ("rainshower").
Noun
[edit ]rainshower (plural rainshowers )
- Alternative form of rain shower .
- 1944, United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Division, Studies on local forecasting:
- 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
- 1993, P. M. Duff, Holmes' Principles of Physical Geology:
- A brief rainshower falling on the smooth surface of fine-grained sediment spatters it with tiny crater-like pittings known as rain prints.
- 2002, Jerry Holmes, Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, page 308:
- Thomas Jefferson was laid to rest in the Monticello graveyard at 5:00 P.m. on July 5, during a soft summer rainshower.