shour
Middle English
Alternative forms
- schour, schur, showre, schowre, shower
Etymology
From Old English sċūr, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃuːr/
Noun
shour
- A rain shower; precipitation.
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 1.
- Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 1.
- An assault or attack.
- hardship, struggle.
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