Meanings (ES + gloss)
gárgola
A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
As we went, however, I took the precaution of noting our route as well as I could; and this was not so very difficult, owing to the extraordinary and most fantastic shape of the ro…
From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
gárgola
Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
The long-closed G.W.R. station alongside has a decidedly derelict-looking frontage, with eight gargoyles or figureheads still clinging to the portico.
gárgola
A fictional winged monster.
Almost immediately one of the gargoyles swept down from the sky and attacked him. The gargoyle's momentum drove them both over the side.
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