OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19839

gutter

/ˈɡʌt.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desagüe
A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
They a not so clean as they might be, since the water [is] carried off by only one gutter, in the centre of t[he] street
canaleta • cuneta
A ditch along the side of a road.
In nearly all of the towns the gutters are filled with vegetation, or have been neglected for so long a time that the roadway becomes its own drainage bed.
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if s…
canaleta • canalón • canelón
A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
The gutters must be cleared of leaves a few times a year.
medianil
A space between printed columns of text.
acequia
A drainage channel.
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