rainout
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rainout (countable and uncountable, plural rainouts)
- (countable) Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain.
- Synonym: washout
- (countable) Such a cancellation.
- (uncountable) Nuclear fallout deposited by means of rain.
Quotations edit
- 2004, Jon C. Stott, Minor Leagues, Major Boom: Local Professional Baseball Revitalized, page 89:
- A rainout on the season's second game would be, to say the least, unconvenient.