Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The spout through which the water from the gutter or eaves of a house passes off.

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Examples

  • She did not go in by the front door for obvious reasons, but up the entry down which the open wooden gutter-spout ran, at a convenient height, from the house into the street.

    The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

  • A defective gutter-spout overhead was the leaking conduit for all the sounds and movement of the countryside.

    Old Junk 1915

  • The monster had fled up the gutter-spout like a cat or a convict who -- everybody knew that also -- would scale the very skies, with the help of a gutter-spout ....

    The Phantom of the Opera 1911

  • The marks of blood followed the rail till they reached a gutter-spout; then they went up the gutter-spout.

    The Phantom of the Opera 1911

  • Only the other night she had had a climbing frenzy, and had slid down the gutter-spout, half for the joy of it, half to tease Margaret, who was in terror till she reached the ground, and then in greater terror when the young gymnast came "shinning" up again, shouting and giggling.

    Three Margarets Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

  • Think of the bog! oh, Peggy, think of the bog! and the gutter-spout!

    Three Margarets Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

  • At last I thought of pounding on the gutter-spout, which I did till I roused the landlord.

    The Story of My Life Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898 1892

  • At last I thought of pounding on the gutter-spout, which I did till I roused the landlord.

    The Story of My Life — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

  • At last I thought of pounding on the gutter-spout, which I did till I roused the landlord.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • At last I thought of pounding on the gutter-spout, which I did till I roused the landlord.

    The Story of My Life — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

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