Stillicide

stillicide
stil·li·cide
noun \ˈstiləˌsīd\
1 archaic :  a continual dripping
2 Roman, civil, & Scots law :  the servitude of eavesdrop binding a servient tenement to receive from the dominant tenement rainwater from the eaves of a building located on the latter

It was a dark and stormy night in deepest Gascony in the southwestern part of France, and this old pigeonnier was enduring a downpour of Biblical proportions. The rain was pouring off the roof in sheets, and alarmingly, the water level had almost reached the top of the arch ...

Well, OK. Actually, it’s a little ceramic pigeonnier souvenir sitting on a piece of black cloth in my kitchen sink, being drenched by the tap, but a girl can always imagine!