rain-wash (redirected from rain-washed)

rain-wash (rnwsh, -wôsh)

n.

Rock debris transported downhill by rain.

tr.v. rain-washed, rain-wash·ing, rain-wash·es

To wash (material) down a slope by rain.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rain-wash - the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain washout, wash - the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"