downcome

downcome

English

Etymology

From down- +‎ come.

Noun

downcome (plural downcomes)

1. A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

2. In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
3. A downpour of rain.

Verb

downcome (third-person singular simple present downcomes, present participle downcoming, simple past downcame, past participle downcome)

1. To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
   • 1904, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.), Journal of the Franklin Institute: Volume 158 - Page 279:

     Over buildings, around corners, across rivers, sometimes bracketed to the sides of buildings, at other times supported in the open land by A bents; using the less val- The single motor telpher, the trailer, the swinging downcomes, [...]

   • 1995, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Page 242:

     Everthing downcame today Anne the world's spinning out and I spec we finally all going to be riding raw.

Anagrams

• come down, come-down, comedown