rainwash

[ reyn-wosh, -wawsh ]

noun

1. material eroded or swept away by rain.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rainwash¹

First recorded in 1875–80; rain + wash

Example Sentences

Often much of the face of the cliff is covered with slip or rainwash, and overgrown with vegetation.

From Project Gutenberg

In winter the clays become semi-liquid, in summer the surface may be largely slip and rainwash, baked hard by the sun.

From Project Gutenberg

It has been formed by rainwash from a hill of chalk, which must once have existed to the south.

From Project Gutenberg