Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gutter \Gut"ter\, n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. goutti[`e]re,
   fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]
   1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the
      rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.

   2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off
      surface water.

            Gutters running with ale.             --Macaulay.

   3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by
      erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.

   {Gutter member} (Arch.), an architectural member made by
      treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative
      fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly
      spaced, like a diminutive battlement.

   {Gutter plane}, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for
      planing out gutters.

   {Gutter snipe}, a neglected boy running at large; a street
      Arab. [Slang]