rainspout

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

rain +‎ spout

Noun[edit]

rainspout (plural rainspouts)

  1. A spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.
    • 2007, Karen Witynski, Joe P. Carr, Hacienda Courtyards, page 26:
      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.

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