Main Entry: ²gutter

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1 : to cut or wear gutters in
2 : to provide with a gutterintransitive verb 1 a : to flow in rivulets b of a candle : to melt away through a channel out of the side of the cup hollowed out by the burning wick
2 : to incline downward in a draft <the candle flame guttering>