sleet

noun

Precipitation consisting of small ice pellets formed by the freezing of raindrops or of melted snowflakes.

noun

A mixture of rain and snow or hail.

noun

A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets.

intransitive verb

To shower sleet.

To rain and snow or hail at the same time.

noun

In gunnery, that part of a mortar which passes from the chamber to the trunnions for strengthening the chamber.

noun

Hail or snow mingled with rain, usually in fine particles, and frequently driven by the wind.

noun

The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

noun

Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.

intransitive verb

To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.