1. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; drought
Usage: archaic; dialectal

Examples

• The old farmer spoke of the terrible drouth that lasted three summers.
• During the drouth, the wells ran dry and crops withered.
• The region suffered from a severe drouth in the 1930s.
• Cattle died during the long drouth that plagued the plains.
• Rain finally came to end the devastating drouth.