Gutter

[Fr. gouttière, from Lat. gutta, a drop.] A channel for collecting and conveying off the water which collects on the roof of a building, and from which the water drops or runs. A channel or pa age for water; a hollow in the earth for conveying water. -v. a. To cut or convey into small channels or hollows; as, to gutter out an escape for water. -v. n. To be hollowed or channelled; to run in drops or hollows, as a candle.