Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gargoyle \Gar"goyle\, n. [OE. garguilie, gargouille, cf. Sp.
   g['a]rgola, prob. fr. the same source as F. gorge throat,
   influenced by L. gargarizare to gargle. See {Gorge} and cf.
   {Gargle}, {Gargarize}.] (Arch.)
   A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often
   carved grotesquely. [Written also {gargle}, {gargyle}, and
   {gurgoyle}.]

Source : WordNet®

gargoyle
     n 1: a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a
          person or animal
     2: an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a
        person or animal

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Gargoyle
     
        A language for compiler writing.
     
        [J.V. Garwick, CACM 7(1):16-20, (Jan 1964)].
     
        (1994-11-04)