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English
Etymology
From Italian parare (“to parry”) + grandine (“hail”).
Noun
paragrandine (plural paragrandines)
- (dated) An instrument with a rod, supposed to avert the occurrence of hailstorms.
See also
References
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Paragrandine”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
- “paragrandine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.