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guttering

guttering

1 3.4
Pipes along the roof edge that carry rain away
  • noun
  • /ˈɡʌtərɪŋ/
translation icon : canalón
  • Part of the guttering was missing along the second story.
  • copper guttering

Examples

  • We damaged some guttering which we intended to replace, but it was a misunderstanding.

    The Brutalist (2024)

  • We have a piece of guttering to replace now as well.

    The Brutalist (2024)

  • I'm just going to go and deal with that guttering.

    In the Loop (2009)

  • OK, I should clean the gutters while I'm up here.

  • Robert and I looked at each other, both thinking of the roof by the chimney where the guttering had slipped two years ago.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The homeowners decided to install new guttering to prevent water damage to their foundation.

  • After the heavy rain, the guttering was overflowing with water.

  • The old guttering needed to be cleaned to ensure proper drainage.

Synonyms

gutter
vsguttering
52 1.7

A narrow channel along a roof edge that carries away rainwater

is the whole system of channels along a roof rather than one piece
cullis
vsguttering
  • Archaic
9.9

A gutter in a roof that carries rain away

is the broader organized set of roof channels not just one groove

Surface Forms

guttering singular
gutterings plural

Morphology

guttering = gutter (semi-transparent) = gutter + ing

The word is clearly built from 'gutter' plus a noun-forming '-ing', but the collective/system sense is not fully predictable for all learners.

Etymology

Guttering comes from an old word for a 'drop', Latin gutta, which passed into French and then English as gutter, meaning a channel for water drops; so guttering is the roof channel that takes rainwater away.