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rainguards

rainguards is the plural of rainguard.

Meaning of rainguard

Noun

rainguard (plural rainguards)

  1. A thing which protects (something) from rain.
    • ... rainguard, which, contrary to common opinion, instead of catching the rainfall and collecting it inside the leaf sheath, transfers it to the opposite side of the stalk and allows it to drip on the rainguard and ligule below.1911, M. L. Bowman, Corn: Growing, Judging, Breeding, Feeding, Marketing, page 52
  2. In particular, a sword's chappe, when interpreted as being to protect against rain.
    • [...] swords might be fitted with small circular 'rainguards' of leather or (less frequently) sheet metal, folded in half over the cross of the sword. The conventional explanation is that these covered the scabbard mouth, protecting the sword [...] […] [This] sword has a rainguard.2020 June 25, Neil Grant, The Medieval Longsword, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, pages 16, 67

Questions about rainguards

What is rainguards the plural of?
Rainguards is the plural of rainguard.

Words near rainguards in the dictionary

  1. raingauge
  2. raingauges
  3. raingear
  4. raings
  5. rainguard
  6. rainguards
  7. raingutter
  8. raingutters
  9. Rainham
  10. rainhat
  11. rainhats

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