Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus intended to prevent the occurrence of hail-storms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See
paragrêle .
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- noun dated An
instrument with arod , supposed toavert the occurrence ofhailstorms .
Etymologies
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Italian, from parare to parry + grandine hail.
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Examples
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[Footnote: The paragrandine, or, as it is called in French, the paragrele, is a species of conductor by which it has been hoped to protect the harvests in countries particularly exposed to damage by hail.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
hernesheir commented on the word paragrandine
All hail.
October 12, 2014