rainspout

2.6

A pipe on a building that carries rainwater from the roof to the ground

noun
/ˈreɪnspaʊt/

: canalón

During the storm, I noticed that the rainspout was blocked and causing water to overflow.
gargoyle rainspout

Examples

Long, thin rainspouts are placed upright in the center, ringed by large water storage jars.

Academic text (2007)
He stood now as he had when the scene first unfolded, leaning against a rainspout in rumpled clothes the color of earth, a strange green hat perched on his head.

Fiction book (1993)
The rainwater flowed down the rainspout and created a small puddle on the ground.
He fixed the broken rainspout to prevent water damage to the building's foundation.

Synonyms

downspout

vsrainspout

3 3.4

A pipe that carries rainwater from the roof gutter down to the ground

is used for rainwater from the whole roof rather than only gutters

waterspout

vsrainspout

1 4.9

A pipe that carries water from the edge of a roof

is specifically about rainwater flowing from a roof

downpipe

vsrainspout

1 3.0

A pipe that carries rainwater from a roof to the ground or drain

is the broader channel for roof water not limited to a rigid pipe

Surface Forms

rainspout singular

rainspouts plural

Morphology

rainspout = rain + spout (transparent) = rain + spout

The compound's meaning is a straightforward combination of 'rain' and 'spout' referring to a spout that carries rainwater.

Etymology

The word rainspout is made from rain and spout, where spout means 'a pipe or lip that lets water out', like the spout of a teapot. So a rainspout is the pipe on a house that sends rain from the roof down to the ground.