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gutterwork

noun

Etymology

From gutter + work.

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as gutterwork — “gutter + work”

Definitions

  1. The guttering of a building.

    • Grander still were the stone houses on the ground, and Arien's was the grandest of all, shining with gemstones, edged by intricate, crafted gutterwork, gargoyles of young elves at play and the like[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA