rainer

noun

rainer

noun

Etymology From rain + -er.

1

Rare That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.

  • c, 1893-1899, Ralph T. H. Griffith (translator), The Vedas Indra, Brhaspati, rainers of treasure, rejoicing at this sacrifice drink the Soma.
  • Pressure volume relationships determine the quantity of water discharged from rainers of different sizes of nozzle in a given time over the area of the wetted circles[…]1974, Arthur Chapman Barnes, The Sugar Cane, page 190:

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