rainstormn.
/ˈreɪnstɔːm/, U.S. /ˈreɪnˌstɔrm/ A storm accompanied by heavy rain.
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1799 S. T. Coleridge Lines written in Concert Room in Morning Post & Gazetteer 24 Sept. 2/4 The gust pelting on the out-house shed, Makes the cock shrilly in the rain-storm crow.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 391 A gentle rain storm in August, when..mid-afternoon had all the serenity of evening.
1905 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 42 Everything European was washed off, as is paint off a woman's face in a rain-storm.
1927 Amer. Mercury May 107/2 They often violated the first commandment of plainscraft by trying to travel during a rainstorm.
2004 C. Connelly Attention All Shipping (2005) 85 A squally rainstorm had snuck in from the North Sea unnoticed and was lashing this pleasant, friendly, unspoiled harbour town.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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