rainproof

[ reyn-proof ]

/ ˈreɪnˌpruf /

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adjective

impervious to rain; keeping out or unaffected by rain: a rainproof cover; a rainproof coat.

verb (used with object)

to make rainproof.

Nearby words

rainier, mount, raining cats and dogs, rainmaker, rainmaking, rainout, rainproof, rains, rainspout, rainsquall, rainstorm, rainwash

Origin of rainproof

First recorded in 1825–35; rain + -proof

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Examples from the Web for rainproof

Cravenette—Cloths treated and finished before weaving by an improved process which renders them rainproof.
Textiles and Clothing|Kate Heintz Watson
A more suitable and rainproof roof could scarcely be designed.
Argentina From A British Point Of View|Various
We hasten to the trusty car and are soon ensconced beneath its rainproof coverings.
In Unfamiliar England|Thomas Dowler Murphy
No one would cavil at that term as applied to Whitman—yet one must not forget the “rainproof coat.”
The Vagabond in Literature|Arthur Rickett

An outer covering that is rainproof and non-absorbent avoids the absorption of water and the consequent increase of weight.
Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours|Arthur Whitten Brown

British Dictionary definitions for rainproof

rainproof

/ (ˈreɪnˌpruːf) /

adjective

Also: raintight (of garments, materials, buildings, etc) impermeable to rainwater

verb

(tr) to make rainproof

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rainproof

adjective

verb (used with object)

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Origin of rainproof

Examples from the Web for rainproof

British Dictionary definitions for rainproof

rainproof

adjective

verb