/waw"teuhr spowt', wot"euhr-/ , n.
1. Also called rainspout . a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof.
2. a spout, duct, or the like, from which water is discharged.
3. a funnel-shaped or tubular portion of a cloud over the ocean or other body of water that, laden with mist and spray, resembles a solid column of water reaching upward to the cloud from which it hangs. Cf. tornado (def. 1).
[ 1350-1400; 1730-40 for def. 3; ME; see WATER, SPOUT ]