Definition of: gutter

(gut′ər) noun
1. A channel along the eaves of a house to carry off rain water.
2. A waterway for carrying off surface water, constructed generally at the side of a road or street.
3. Slum areas of a community: language of the gutter.
4. Any slight channel, trench, or trough.
—v.t.
1. To form channels or grooves in.
2. To furnish with gutters, as a house.
3. To conduct or lead as through a gutter.
—v.i.
4. To flow in channels, as water.
5. To melt rapidly into streams of wax: said of candles. [<OF goutiere <goute a drop <L gutta]
—gut′ter·y adjective
GUSSET (def. 1)