downspout

downspout [doun-spout] Word Origin noun

1. a pipe for conveying rain water from a roof or gutter to the ground or to a drain.

Origin of downspout First recorded in 1895–1900; down1 + spout Also called drainspout; British, downpipe. British Dictionary definitions for downspout downspout noun

1. US and Canadian a pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof gutter to the ground or to a drainAlso called: drainpipe, (in Britain and certain other countries) downpipe

Word Origin and History for downspout n.

1896, from down (adv.) + spout (n.).