Noun: drouth drawth
- A prolonged shortage
"when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drouth";
- drought
- A shortage of rainfall
"farmers most affected by the drouth hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season";
- drought
Derived forms: drouths
Type of: dryness, period, period of time, time period, time span, waterlessness, xerotes
Encyclopedia: Drouth