guttering

[ guht-er-ing ]

/ ˈgʌt ər ɪŋ /

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noun

the act of making gutters.

material for making gutters.

the gutters of an individual building.

the melted wax or tallow of a candle.

Origin of guttering

1400–50; late Middle English. See gutter, -ing¹

Words nearby guttering

gutter, gutter ball, gutter fracture, gutter press, gutter wound, guttering, guttersnipe, guttiform, guttle, guttural, gutturalize

Definition for guttering (2 of 2)

gutter

[ guht-er ]

/ ˈgʌt ər /

noun

a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.

a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water.

any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid.

a furrow or channel made by running water.

Bowling. a sunken channel on each side of the alley from the line marking the limit of a fair delivery of the ball to the sunken area behind the pins.

the state or abode of those who live in degradation, squalor, etc.: the language of the gutter.

the white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages in a bound book, magazine, or newspaper.

verb (used without object)

to flow in streams.

(of a candle) to lose molten wax accumulated in a hollow space around the wick.

(of a lamp or candle flame) to burn low or to be blown so as to be nearly extinguished.

to form gutters, as water does.

verb (used with object)

to make gutters in; channel.

to furnish with a gutter or gutters: to gutter a new house.

Origin of gutter

1250–1300; Middle English gutter, goter < Anglo-French goutiere, equivalent to goutte drop (see gout) + -iere, feminine of -ier -er²

OTHER WORDS FROM gutter

gut·ter·like, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for guttering

The warm lights that once rounded off our world so completely are betrayed for what they are, smoky and guttering candles.

The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman |H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
"We call it our 'strength of mind' test," explained President Agnes, blowing out the guttering candles.

The Jolliest School of All |Angela Brazil
Only from the door issued the light, and she saw that a guttering tallow candle was set there on the floor.

In the Roar of the Sea |Sabine Baring-Gould
The candle was guttering on a small table upon which, to my astonishment, a Bible lay open.

Lost Man's Lane |Anna Katharine Green

There was only the guttering candle in the gin bottle to give light.

The White Moll |Frank L. Packard

British Dictionary definitions for guttering (1 of 2)

guttering

/ (ˈɡʌtərɪŋ) /

noun

the gutters, downpipes, etc, that make up the rainwater disposal system on the outside of a building

the materials used in this system

British Dictionary definitions for guttering (2 of 2)

gutter

/ (ˈɡʌtə) /

noun

a channel along the eaves or on the roof of a building, used to collect and carry away rainwater

a channel running along the kerb or the centre of a road to collect and carry away rainwater

a trench running beside a canal lined with clay puddle

either of the two channels running parallel to a tenpin bowling lane

printing

the space between two pages in a forme
the white space between the facing pages of an open book
the space between two columns of type

the space left between stamps on a sheet in order to separate them

surfing a dangerous deep channel formed by currents and waves

Australian (in gold-mining) the channel of a former watercourse that is now a vein of gold

the gutter a poverty-stricken, degraded, or criminal environment

verb

(tr) to make gutters in

(intr) to flow in a stream or rivulet

(intr) (of a candle) to melt away by the wax forming channels and running down in drops

(intr) (of a flame) to flicker and be about to go out

Derived forms of gutter

gutter-like, adjective

Word Origin for gutter

C13: from Anglo-French goutiere, from Old French goute a drop, from Latin gutta

Idioms and Phrases with guttering

gutter

see in the gutter.

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guttering

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Words nearby guttering

Definition for guttering (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

Origin of gutter

OTHER WORDS FROM gutter

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