"rainlight" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From rain + light. Etymology templates: {{com|en|rain|light}} rain + light Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rainlight (uncountable)
  1. The dim light that occurs on an overcast and rainy day. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-rainlight-en-noun-HFjvntB0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder:",
          "text": "This one was gentle, there was a little mercy coming down with the rain; the colours of everything were heightened by the rainlight; except for the holes of bright emptiness it was a day you could work with.",
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          "ref": "2012, David Mason, News from The Village: Aegean Friends:",
          "text": "The afternoon darkened and the spare stone towers of the villages paled in the rainlight.",
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