rainpond

English

Etymology

From rain +‎ pond.

Noun

rainpond (plural rainponds)

  1. A pond which is fed by rain, such as a dewpond.
    • 1918, The Archaeological Journal, page 210:
      ...small artificial rainponds made on the downs for the watering of cattle.
    • 1946, The Ibis:
      ... rainponds and small dams within a radius of fifty miles of Meru at altitudes of 4000 feet upwards. Unlike most Ducks it exhibits no preference between saline and fresh waters. At Ngiroin, a small group of rainponds about ten acres in […]
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