as in gutters
a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof
rain so heavy that the eaves trough couldn't handle it
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gutters
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Preservationists, the town and the property owner appear to have been at a stalemate since 2018, and walls are now covered in invasive vines, windows are broken out, gutters are dangling and paint has peeled off windowsills.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Clean gutters regularly so water flows away from your house and doesn’t back up into the soffits and under the roofline.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Eaves troughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eaves%20troughs. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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