ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Raindrift

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Raindrift is a noun meaning A sheet of rain blown by the wind.

Meaning

A sheet of rain blown by the wind.

Example Sentences

The fierce wind drove a raindrift in at the open door, as two men, drenched from head to foot, but vested as Benedictine monks, entered.
Then there was stamping on the gravel and murmurs of voices; then silence preceding the snap of a whip, and, finally, a rolling of wheels down the avenue, lost in the roaring of the wind and the rattle of the dismal raindrifts[…]
Tiny pools diversified the surface of the well-made road, which, as they advanced farther and farther into the open country, was swept by raindrifts, driven furiously before the rising wind, that whistled through the naked trees[…]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include driftwind, driftlet, snowdrift, spindrift, rainflow, spoondrift.

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