rainwash

American  

[reyn-wosh, -wawsh] / ˈreɪnˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ /

noun

1. material eroded or swept away by rain.

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Etymology

Origin of rainwash

First recorded in 1875–80; rain + wash

Example Sentences

It has been formed by rainwash from a hill of chalk, which must once have existed to the south.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil

In winter the clays become semi-liquid, in summer the surface may be largely slip and rainwash, baked hard by the sun.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil

Often much of the face of the cliff is covered with slip or rainwash, and overgrown with vegetation.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil

After a time the great boulders fall off and the underlying clay becomes worn by the rainwash to fantastic spikes and ridges.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John