paragrandine
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian parare (“to parry”) + grandine (“hail”).
Noun edit
paragrandine (plural paragrandines)
- (dated) An instrument with a rod, supposed to avert the occurrence of hailstorms.
See also edit
References edit
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Paragrandine”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
- “paragrandine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.