shour

Middle English

Alternative forms

schour, schur, showre, schowre, shower

Etymology

From Old English sċūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃuːr/

Noun

shour (plural shoures)

A rain shower; precipitation.
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 1.
  Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
An assault or attack.
hardship, struggle.

Descendants

English: shower
Scots: schour, shower

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