rainout

or rain-out

[reyn-out]

noun

a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.

Also called washout. the removal of radioactive particles or other foreign substances from the atmosphere by precipitation.

Compare fallout.

Origin of rainout

1945–50, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase rain out

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for rainout

rainout

noun

radioactive fallout or atmospheric pollution carried to the earth by rain

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012