ombrifuge

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  1. A protection or refuge from rain. [Rare.] The belfry proves a fortress of a sort, Has other uses than to teach the hour, Turns sunscreen, paravent and ombrifuge To whoso seeks a shelter in its pale. Browning, Ring and Book, x. 466.

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  1. As if F. *ombri-fuge, from Greek ὄμβρος, a rain-storm, + Latin fugere, flee.
 

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