downpouring
nounEtymology From downpour + -ing, or equivalent to down- + pouring.
1
The act of something being poured down.
- It snowed heavily and often, but the white downpourings were gentle, products of kindness rather than rancor — heaven applying face powder to blemishes[…]2004, Irving Werner, Dancing Down the Street: And Other Stories, page 100:
- Synonyms
- hail