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# A [[burn]] on the [[skin]] caused by [[excess]] [[exposure]] to heavy [[rain]].
# A [[burn]] on the [[skin]] caused by [[excess]] [[exposure]] to heavy [[rain]].
#*'''2005''', Martin Sketchley, ''Affinity Trap'':
#* rec.games.frp, "Plot Seeds/Story: Undead of Purditory", Mark Grundy, '''Jun 13, 1991''':
#*: He peered out, glancing at the sky. 'We'd better get under cover before it starts raining,' he said, breathing heavily. 'We don't want to get '''rainburn'''.'
#*: It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like '''rainburn''' - but usually they had only two or three of them.
#*: It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like '''rainburn''' - but usually they had only two or three of them.
#* uk.rec.equestrian, "wild garlic overdose?", old dobbin, '''May 31, 2002'''
#* uk.rec.equestrian, "wild garlic overdose?", old dobbin, '''May 31, 2002'''
#* rec.games.frp, "Plot Seeds/Story: Undead of Purditory", Mark Grundy, '''Jun 13, 1991''':
#*: I have seen sunburn/windburn and ''''rainburn'''' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes.
#*: I have seen sunburn/windburn and ''''rainburn'''' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes.
#*'''2005''', Martin Sketchley, ''Affinity Trap'':
#*: He peered out, glancing at the sky. 'We'd better get under cover before it starts raining,' he said, breathing heavily. 'We don't want to get '''rainburn'''.'
# {{context|chiefly Australian}} Emotional [[grief]] resulting from excessive [[rain]]s and [[flood]]ing.
# {{context|chiefly Australian}} Emotional [[grief]] resulting from excessive [[rain]]s and [[flood]]ing.

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English

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "rain" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).. Compare (deprecated template usage) sunburn.

Noun

rainburn (plural rainburns)

  1. A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to heavy rain.
    • 2005, Martin Sketchley, Affinity Trap:
      He peered out, glancing at the sky. 'We'd better get under cover before it starts raining,' he said, breathing heavily. 'We don't want to get rainburn.'
      It started with neck and upper body sores that looked a bit like rainburn - but usually they had only two or three of them.
    • uk.rec.equestrian, "wild garlic overdose?", old dobbin, May 31, 2002
    • rec.games.frp, "Plot Seeds/Story: Undead of Purditory", Mark Grundy, Jun 13, 1991:
      I have seen sunburn/windburn and 'rainburn' affect horses over the years but this did not fit any of those causes.
  2. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "chiefly Australian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Emotional grief resulting from excessive rains and flooding.