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• present participle of gutter.

guttering

American  

[guht-er-ing] / ˈgʌt ər ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of making gutters.

2. material for making gutters.

3. the gutters of an individual building.

4. the melted wax or tallow of a candle.

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guttering British  

/ ˈɡʌtərɪŋ /

noun

1. the gutters, downpipes, etc, that make up the rainwater disposal system on the outside of a building

2. the materials used in this system

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Etymology

Origin of guttering

1400–50; late Middle English. See gutter, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Mutterings were heard: Why not raise the money, but spend it on depth bombs or an antiaircraft gun?

From Time Magazine Archive

A small volume entitled Musings and Mutterings by an Invalid, has been published by John S. Taylor.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

Mutterings, in a tongue very like the Tuscan, were interspersed with loud swearings, which were in turn diffused with curious whisperings.

From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

Mutterings of the storm of financial depression were already in the air.

From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.

Mutterings from New England had been heard, but Virginia was inclined to abide by the acts of the Mother Country, gaining merely such modifications as could be brought about by modest argument and respectful petition.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Hubbard, Elbert