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rainburn

rainburn noun: a notional burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to heavy rain.

Noun

rainburn (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) A notional burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to heavy rain.
    • It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like rainburn - but usually they had only two or three of them.1991 June 13, Mark Grundy, “Plot Seeds/Story: Undead of Purditory”, in rec.games.frp (Usenet)
    • I have seen sunburn/windburn and 'rainburn' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes […]2002 May 31, old dobbin, “wild garlic overdose? (long)”, in uk.rec.equestrian (Usenet)

Origin of rainburn

From rain + burn, by analogy with sunburn.

Questions about rainburn

What does rainburn mean?
Rainburn means a notional burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to heavy rain.
What part of speech is rainburn?
Rainburn is a noun.

Words near rainburn in the dictionary

  1. rainbowlike
  2. rainbows
  3. rainbows and butterflies
  4. rainbows and unicorns
  5. rainbowy
  6. rainburn
  7. rainburst
  8. rainbursts
  9. raincape
  10. raincapes
  11. raincheck

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