Gutter (philately)
WordNet
noun
(1) A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
(2) A tool for gutting fish
(3) A worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
(4) Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
"His career was in the gutter"
"All that work went down the sewer"
"Pensions are in the toilet"
verb
(5) Provide with gutters
"Gutter the buildings"
(6) Wear or cut gutters into
"The heavy rain guttered the soil"
(7) Flow in small streams
"Tears guttered down her face"
(8) Burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
"The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
WiktionaryText
English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman gotere, from gotiere ( gouttière), ultimately from gutta ‘drop’.
Noun
- A ditch along the side of a road.
- A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water.
- A grooves down the sides of a bowling lane.
- A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.
- A space between printed columns of text.
- Something distasteful or morally questionable.
- A drainage channel
- (Stamp Collecting) an unprinted space between rows of stamps.